A very American predicament

 

Credit: Yoky 

Gadfly Michael Tracey on a very American predicament. Linked here mostly for information.

Was MAGA ever really "anti-war"?

Starlink

 

Credit: Noel Feans/Snowmanradio

Elon Musk has stopped the Russian military from using Starlink, which might explain the recent Ukrainian offensive. Which raises the question: Why wasn´t this done earlier? 

Ukraine exploits Russian Starlink blackout to push offensive

The game is rigged

 

Is this true? From X. Original xweet linked below.

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Let me explain what just happened

5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil. 5 minutes… These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch. There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made. Someone in that room picked up a phone. And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars. American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it. This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions. This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight. You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question. Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that. The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…

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Prao

 

Totalt bisarr rubrik. Och tydligen sann. Jag gissar att SAP och deras allierade segrar i höstens riksdagsval, men jag tror inte SD kommer att få färre röster... 

Uppgifter: sköt på rasten, greps på praoplatsen

Hidden variables

 

OK, this was interesting. Is there *some* opening for techno-cornucopianism somewhere? But even if we can *communicate* faster than the speed of light, can we also *travel* faster? What would be the energy source in such a case? Soylent green or what? 

Note that Sabine debunks the idea that "quantum entanglement" means "spooky action at a distance". 

I admit that this was a bit over my head, but the idea that more "common sense" in quantum physics leads to the idea that we *can* send messages faster than light is obviously interesting. And yes, Sabine actually says that she went into science hoping to find a way to communicate with extraterrestrials!

Professor Dave will attack in 10, 9, 8...LOL.

Tuesday goddess?

 

So apparently Tuesdays are associated with fierce goddesses in Hinduism, such as Kali or Durga. Not really my thing, to be honest, but I have exacly one picture of a fierce goddess (it´s Bhairavi) in my pipeline, so I might as well post it here. Be careful out there!

Still Monday

 

Well, it´s still Monday, so here is Shiva again...

We take no complaints

 

If you support "free market" capitalism, you can´t complain about this guy. He was a great entrepreneur. And, I suppose, a welcome addition to the kingdom of Satan...

OnlyFans owner dies at 43

The Miracle Worker

 

Was Helen Keller a hoax? Well, it doesn´t look good...

Current mood?

 

My ishta-devatas? ;-)