Gin Blossom, though commonly correlated, there is no causation with alcohol.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinophyma

Some context for Mel’s father,

One week before Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ (2004) was released in American film theaters, Hutton Gibson told radio talk show host Steve Feuerstein that the Holocaust was fabricated and “mostly fictional”.[28] He said that the Jews had simply emigrated to other countries rather than having been killed, a view which observers described as Holocaust denial.[28][29] He claimed that census statistics prove that there were more Jews in Europe after World War II than before.[30] Gibson said that certain Jews advocate a global religion and one world government.[28]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutton_Gibson

Maybe, maybe, maybe, this lawsuit about algorithmic pricing will not get dropped.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-six-large-landlords-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions

I don’t have much hope with the current administration.

But all this could be done without ai, or any sort of machine learning. If it is a simple positive negative test why not have a machine that vends and reads a colorful dots?

I’m really interested in seeing the full text whenever that comes out, I agree and think this would be one of the first places they would use it.

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For the uninitiated, this conspiracy theory would later devolve into Qanon and worse.

On October 30, 2016, a Twitter account posting white supremacist material which said it was run by a Jewish New York lawyer falsely claimed that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) had discovered a pedophilia ring linked to members of the Democratic Party while searching through Anthony Weiner’s emails.[13][2] Throughout October and November 2016, WikiLeaks had published John Podesta’s emails. Proponents of the conspiracy theory read the emails and alleged they contained code words for pedophilia and human trafficking.[1][14] Proponents also claimed that Comet Ping Pong, a pizzeria in Washington, D.C., was a meeting ground for Satanic ritual abuse.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory

NC has a sordid history with Democracy.

1898-White supremacists do not like newly elected representative, decide to have a massacre etc.

As the violence continued, Waddell led a group to the Republican mayor, Silas P. Wright. Waddell forced Wright, the board of aldermen, and the police chief to resign at gunpoint.[17] Waddel’s group included future U.S. Congressman John D. Bellamy and future NC Assemblyman George Rountree.[2] The mob installed a new city council that elected Waddell to take over as mayor by 4 p.m. that day.[28]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_massacre

1969-White supremacists bring bombs, guns and violence in response to school desegregation (only 15 years after Brown v Board), then they blamed the young black protestors, who would spend a decade in prison before release. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Ten

2016-Republican Governor signs bill reducing power of his predecessor. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/16/505872501/north-carolina-governor-signs-law-limiting-power-of-his-successor

2023-Tricia Cotham-Ran on a progressive platform in very blue seat, changes parties because people were mean to her. https://www.wfae.org/2023-04-04/nc-house-democrat-to-switch-parties-creating-gop-supermajority

2024-Republican super-majority signs bill taking away power from incoming Democrat Governor, shifts other powers to its favor. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/12/g-s1-37837/north-carolina-gop-lawmakers-governor

So many tv shows broken by two-part episodes!

Spafford was released on $25,000 bond earlier this week. The new details in this case come from new filings from the defense, arguing to block his release.

Prosecutors reiterated why they believe Spafford is dangerous, writing that “while he is not known to have engaged in any apparent violence, he has certainly expressed interest in the same, through his manufacture of pope bombs marked ‘lethal,’ his possession of riot gear and a vest loaded with pipe bombs, his support for political assassinations and use of the pictures of the President for target practice.”

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/fbi-finds-150-homemade-bombs-at-virginia-home-in-one-of-the-largest-such-seizures-prosecutors-say/

Wow. What a load of crap

5 2024 predictions:

1. AI self-awareness and robot uprising
2. WW3
3. Global catastrophe
4. Alien contact
5. Asteroid colliding into Earth, but with new materials we’ve never seen which causes economic war.

My favorite bit is at the end where he says these are just predictions the future is uncertain.

From 2014

part of the computer system responsible for controlling the launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles relied on data loaded from 8-inch floppy disks

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/60-minutes-shocked-to-find-8-inch-floppies-drive-nuclear-deterrent/

Bell Riots never happened, that timeline is broken.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots

The U.S. and New Zealand are the only countries that allow direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements. In the U.S., television viewers are subjected to an especially increasing volume of drug commercials. In 1996, $550 million was spent by pharmaceutical companies on drugs ads. That number increased more than 10-fold by 2020, reaching $6.58 billion annually.

https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/article/should-the-government-restrict-direct-to-consumer-prescription-drug-advertising-six-takeaways-from-research-on-the-effects-of-prescription-drug-advertising/

That’s a good one, another good Robin Williams is Patch Adams.

The Constitution has changed many times

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution

But, now that presidents can not be charged for “official” acts, who knows?

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/01/nx-s1-5002157/supreme-court-trump-immunity

Was super excited for the new Menu art, but when I downloaded the beta the menu art was the old style.

Went looking for what I did wrong and came across this article. It’s worth a read.

New beta looking clean (15 mins in)

20 years ago congress let the Federal Assault Weapons Ban sunset (end without renewal).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban that was AFTER Columbine.

BUT! That legislation was brought about thanks to an earlier school shooting, in 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_schoolyard_shooting

Mitch McConnell is the voice of reason!? Make it make cents, since, sents, scents, sense.

Suddenly I care about Mitch McConnell’s health and well-being, in a way I’ve never felt before.

I’ve hated that guy since I started reading politics. A world where he’s a good guy, needs improvement.