Bartender Cortez seeks thicker skin. Can't take any criticism.

NY Post: Cortez lashes out at Amazon and Cuomo.

The Amazon killers are still on the attack.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens/Bronx) and her partner in job-slaying crime, state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens), lashed out at Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Internet giant Saturday, as the two Amazon opponents held a joint constituent event in Woodside.
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Cuomo, who said Sunday that the Amazon fiasco has wrecked the state’s ability to attract new businesses, “should look in the mirror,” Gianaris charged.
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...several of the constituents who waited for up to two hours to land a five-minute meeting Saturday with the lefty lawmakers were there to sound off about losing out on the 25,000 jobs that Amazon had promised.

“I felt like people should have gotten the jobs,” said Susie Scaretta-Enright of Woodside. “There are people that are struggling.”

NY Daily News: Cortez overly-sensitive over her faux accent.

[Cortez]  also spoke of critics who accused her of adopting a faux Bronx accent when she spoke Friday at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention.

“It’s so crazy to at once mock someone for being from a working class background, for being a bartender, for shaming me for where I was born and where I’m from and on the other hand, when I lean into my identity and who I am and all of that, people are saying that’s not true either,” said Ocasio-Cortez.

Photoshopping an image of a fake (?) photoshop makes it true. It does!

Biden "not sorry" for groping, feeling, touching, hair sniffing, invading personal space of women and children.

Nor did Creepy Joe Biden mention, or offer any explanation or apology, for his penchant for inappropriate behavior with young children. Pedo Joe; hands all over children, sniffing their hair, nuzzling their necks, petting them.

The Hill: Biden: "Not sorry for any inappropriate behavior."

"I’m not sorry for any of my intentions. I’m not sorry for anything that I have ever done. I have never been disrespectful intentionally to a man or a woman. So that’s not the reputation I’ve had since I was in high school, for God’s sake."

Did Biden subconsciously tell us his pre-high school behavior is something requiring investigation? Anyone check his yearbooks?

Reread the first eleven words in his above quote again. Of those eleven words, six of them are, "I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry."

"Not being sorry for anything" he's ever done? NEVER EVER? That should automatically disqualify anyone from elected office. If you're not sorry for at least one thing, whoever you are, you are a blatant liar or sociopath.

Daily Mail: Biden's wife Jill admits his touchy-feely proclivities made her uncomfortable.

Jill says:  "When Joe loves, he loves hard; he's all in."

I'm certain Jill could have chosen better words...(aaaahem..........)

Joe's just an affectionate hugger? Are you a hugger? Do you like huggers?

Tech News

Mashable: Microsoft partners with BMW for "smart factory" systems.

And, BMW's riderless bike (it takes a moment for the clip to load):

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Tech Talks: AI can read and text can be weaponized.

“When people see typos right now, they don’t think it’s a security issue. But in the near future, it might be something we will have to contend with,” Stephen Merity, AI researcher and expert on machine learning–based language models, told me in a call last week.

And there’s ample reason to take his warnings seriously. In recent findings, scientists at IBM Research, Amazon and the University of Texas have proven that small modifications to text content can alter the behavior of AI algorithms while remaining unnoticeable to human readers.

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Extreme Tech: Three stickers will make an autonomous Tesla veer into oncoming traffic.

Keen Security researchers reverse-engineered the software Tesla uses to see how easy it would be to fool those sensors. They didn’t need to make any changes to the car’s software — this is not a hack. They simply used three small reflective stickers on the roadway to trick Autopilot into thinking the lane had merged when it hadn’t.

I'd imagine covering exterior sensors on the car with duct tape would also put a big dent into Tesla's "autonomy".
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Ubergizmo: Burger King's Non-Beef Whopper.

[Burger King] is staking its reputation on [a no beef patty], saying that the taste is identical to its beef patty.
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It’s a protein that’s cultivated from soybean roots that can mimic the texture of meat.

It's not a real Whopper, then.

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Ubergizmo: Fake alcohol; get the buzz but never drunk.

[S]cientist David Nutt’s...synthetic alcohol can allow drinkers to experience everything they enjoy about having a drink but not worry about getting a hangover. Nutt told the Guardian that he can design his synthetic alcohol molecule to interact with the body in a way that doesn’t induce any of the negative side effects.

Ars Technia: Study finds there is "something special" about Tennessee whiskey.

Scientists are beginning to unlock the scientific secrets of what makes so-called "Tennessee whiskey" so distinct from other whiskeys, bourbons, and similar spirits[.]

The success of Tennessee Whiskey has to have something to do with this guy, if only for his guile and name.
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Ars Technia: Google's product shut-downs are damaging its brand.

We are 91 days into the year, and so far, Google is racking up an unprecedented body count. If we just take the official shutdown dates that have already occurred in 2019, a Google-branded product, feature, or service has died, on average, about every nine days.

Engadget: After eight years, Google+ is dead.

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Digital Trends: Good bye metal; hello Soft Robotics.

Where previous soft robots have still required components like metal valves, this latest soft robot can function using only rubber and air — with pressurized air replacing the need for electronic innards. In doing so, it integrates memory and decision-making directly into its soft materials, using a kind of digital logic-based soft computer.

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C|Net: The ethical issues of smart home cameras and facial recognition.

You might gain the peace of mind that comes with knowing who's at the door, but it could come at the cost of compromising your loved ones' privacy by sending their biometric data back to manufacturers or even hackers.
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Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is the oldest legislation and the strictest. It regulates how biometric information is collected, stored, used and even destroyed. Texas followed a year later with the Texas Biometric Privacy Law, while Washington signed its own state House Bill 1493 two years ago.
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When a homeowner adds facial recognition technology, multiple relationships come into play.

"There are deep ethical questions," [said Betsy Cooper, director of the Aspen Policy Hub]. "Because while the relationship between the individual and the person crossing their threshold is clear, the relationship between the person crossing the threshold and all those other companies and actors is less clear."

Tech Talks: Law firms, the digital age and the impact of Tech.

Lawyers need technology these days, but technology also needs lawyers.
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Algorithms shape how people interact with news and entertainment media and how they research civic issues on the internet, and there are new questions arising about citizens’ “digital civil rights.”
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What happens when a city decides to ban facial recognition technology?

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Beta News: Linux Fedora 30 Beta is here.

Fedora is the best overall Linux distribution.
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While Fedora maybe isn't the best distro for beginners, it should be the eventual choice for those that "level up" to being an experienced Linux user later.

As someone commented at the above link, it is unfortunate that Beta News didn't include any screenshots of Fedora 30. So, here's some. It's hot!

UN Floating Cities Will Save Us!

IFL Science: UN Reveals Concept For Floating City That Can Hold 10,000 Amid Climate Change Concerns.

In a special gathering of UN-Habitat, the United Nations program for human settlements, a multidisciplinary team of innovators unveiled a concept for the world’s first sustainable floating city made fit for up to 10,000 residents.

If you’re envisioning The Jetsons meets Water World then you are completely right.
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...the conceptual city is made up of a series of moored floating platforms that are linked to one another to provide both housing for residents and business-oriented structures, such as those meant for farming or local gatherings. Plus, the creators say futuristic pod-like electric vehicles will be provided to “conveniently” transport people from the nearest coast to the city.
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Three dozen 2-hectare (5-acre) floating communities and dozens of productive outposts can expand and contract over time.

The nice thing about this idea is we can always count on proposals from the UN being cost-efficient, well-planned, successful and effortlessly completed.

Because futuristic urban development ideas never fail. Never Ever fail.

What about those of us who want to live under the sea?

UN Successes Failures:

UN Fails Rwanda.

UN Fails Refugees.

UN Fails Epic style.

Creepy Joe Biden..."Number 8...do we have a Number 8?"

Breitbart: Seven women accuse Joe Biden of inappropriate, indecent behavior.

Three more women on Wednesday came forward to accuse former Vice President Joe Biden of inappropriate touching after the potential 2020 Democrat contender released a two-minute video vowing to be “more mindful about respecting personal space.”

Lawyer of The Year Election.

USA MacPaper: Michael Avenatti facing decades in prison.

Daily Mail: Michael Cohen begs for better deal; claims has "14 million files" on hard drive.

Cohen, the guy who resembles that Plexaderm guy with the saggy eye bags, withholds evidence and now wants to use it as a bargaining chip? Ha! Good luck with that.

Rebecca Parker Mankey fears for her life. Oh. That's. So. Sad.

Palo Alto online: Liberal activist-hater Rebecca Parker Mankey fails to incite an angry mob to harm and shame old guy wearing MAGA hat.

Palo Alto resident Rebecca Parker Mankey attempted to shame an elderly white man wearing a red Make America Great Again hat as he sat in [Starbucks].
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Calling him a "hater of brown people," Mankey said she yelled at him and addressed Starbucks customers and employees to join her in her effort. She said she left the store but soon returned and continued to yell at him. Mankey said she was "heartbroken" that other white people didn't stand up against the man sporting a slogan that was popularized by Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign. She followed him out of the store to the parking lot, where she continued to berate and swear at him.

She called the man "Nazi scum" and threatened to post pictures of him on social media, which she then did, along with her version of the incident on her Facebook page and on Twitter. She asked the public for help finding him — "I want him to have nowhere to hide," she wrote -- a practice called "doxing," or posting personal contact information to encourage threats and harassment.

The incident has had repercussions not only for Mankey, who said on Tuesday she's received death threats and was fired from her job as an accountant, but also for her former employer, Gryphon Stringed Instruments.
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Mankey said in an email that she and her family are receiving death threats and other threats of harm. She declined to comment further.

Margaret Okuzumi, who co-chairs the Bayshore Progressive Democrats with Mankey, expressed concern for Mankey and her family, saying they were doxed Tuesday on right-wing social media and internet channels.
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Update: On April 3, Mankey resigned as co-chair, officer and a member of the Bayshore Progressive Democrats.

Steven Lee, who serves on the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, knows Mankey, calling her "beloved by many in our community for her progressive activism, myself included."

 Mankey; Image (and more on the story): Citizen Free Press

Discussionist: Karma IS a bitch.

Grumpy Pickle:
14. People that prey on the elderly are a particular breed of ugly fuckheads.

Make time to read the comments section at Palo Alto.com:

Posted by mauricio:
I'd be shocked if this man wasn't wearing his [MAGA hat] to trigger exactly the reaction he received.

Mauricio's logic is the same, then, as saying, "an attractive woman dressed in skimpy clothing deserves it if she's raped." Only a true, Steeped-In-LiberTardness Lib could be "triggered" by an inanimate hat.

Posted by YP:  Liberals preach tolerance of people with different ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation etc. but when it comes to tolerance of different political views I've found they do not practice what they preach.

Posted by CoffeeTime: > And I hope the man in the hat will consider accepting her apology when she offers it.

What apology...and after all of the vitriol previously expressed on social media?

A restraining order might be more appropriate.

Mankey..."beloved by many."  Uh - not so much maybe? She (IT?) brought all the "death threats" and her newfound "fear" she (IT?) now has on her (IT?) self. Enjoy it. She/IT owns it.
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Crime must be at an all-time low in Augusta, Georgia.

WRDW: Deputy cites mom for disorderly conduct for 3-year old son's pee emergency.

Potty training can be a stressful time for any parent, but what happened to a Beech Island woman with her 3-year-old son is next level stress.
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[Brooke Johns, who is eight months pregnant] was driving down Sandbar Ferry Road when the little voice in the backseat said he had a big problem.

“He's like, 'Mom, I've got to pee. I've got to pee!' I was like, 'Well, hold on,' and he's like, 'No! I've GOT to pee! I've got to REALLY pee.' And I'm like, 'Baby, there's nowhere for me to go, and he says, 'Momma, I'm about to pee in my pants!" Brooke said.
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Brooke said they barely made it to a gas station parking lot before she realized they wouldn’t be able to make it inside.

“I can’t pick him up,” Brooke said. “You know, I’m not supposed to lift him.”

So, Brooke said she tried to cover Cohen up as best as she could as he relieved himself right there in the parking lot.

“He was peeing before his pants were even all the way down, so obviously he had to go,” Brooke said.

Apparently, this caught the attention of a Richmond County deputy.

"Accidents happen. And he was like, ‘Take him in the bathroom.’ What if I would have ran in the bathroom and someone had been in there? What I was going to let him do? Pee on the floor of the gas station?" Brooke said.

Instead, the deputy decided to cite Brooke with a disorderly conduct charge. Her ticket says, “She allowed her male child to urinate in the parking lot. I observed the male’s genitals and the urination. Public restrooms are offered at the location.”

“I’m going to court April 30,” Brooke said. “Several days before I am due. Yeah, I could extend it, but I would rather deal with it when I’m pregnant. Not when I have a newborn.”

Our Facebook post about the traffic ticket has also lit up social media, with hundreds of parents asking the one question we all have: Why?

Officer "T. Beasley"...to "Protect and Serve"!

Golf clap? Golf clap!

All of Augusta can sleep better knowing no 3-year olds are peeing in their city.

"The View" gals absolve Creepy Joe's inappropriate groping and sexual innuendo.

The gals on "The View" broke their spines this morning, desperately overreaching, in all attempts, of absolving Creepy Joe Biden of his inappropriate groping and sexually abusive nature towards women. Note they completely ignore his history of "touchy-feely-groping" of children.

Listen to them stretch, rationalizing Creepy Molester Joe's behavior is acceptable.

How convenient that Ana Novarro mentions Jeffrey Epstein yet none of them mention the cushy, brief prison term of teen-sexter Anthony "Carlos Danger" Weiner.

Man removed from Joe Biden speaking event for asking, “Why did you molest all those girls on CSPAN?”

Conservative Post: Man calls out Joe Biden for his behavior during Senate Swearing In.

Howard Caplan attended the Global Institute of Long Island University’s event featuring speaker Joe Biden and took the opportunity to call the former Vice President out regarding viral videos showing him groping young women.

“Why did you molest all those girls on CSPAN?” Caplan shouted.

He continued, “It’s all on YouTube. You know you did it, everybody’s seen it!”

In the midst of his protest security escorted Caplan out of the event as the crowd booed and shouted, “Get out of here.”

The clip:

Creepy Joe caught on HOT microphone. Did he say that?

More creepiness of Joe Biden's inappropriate behavior keeps surfacing.

Did he just say that? You be the judge:

Freakishly Creepy Joe Biden ogles young girl.

Explain this one, Mr. Biden.

Save and download, before Creepy Joe has Big Tech algorithms cleanse the internet of it.

This image appears actual, not photoshopped. While this image doesn't appear in general image searches (maybe it is being scrubbed?), I plugged it into TinEye and it's posted all over the web. Good luck, Joe, in purging the pic from the InfOrMaTIoN sUpERhIgHwAy.

And then there is the below, equally disturbing pic, (appropriated via The Federalist).

Will the media stop and drop covering The Saga of Creepy Joe now, since Handsy Joe feigned Mea Culpa? 

I mean, it's been over two months and no one - anywhere - can or will identify the people in the below medical college yearbook. 

Oh...if the people dressed wearing blackface or as the Klansman were anything but a Dem, the news cycle and social media outrage would still be kicking out high-speed 24/7 coverage.

Liberal Family Values!
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ADDED: Dated January 7, 2015, the Washington Free Beacon...Biden's boundary crossing and behavior is worse than I think people realize.

Kind of interesting how he frequently mentions, "Hope you have a big fence around the house," yet he is anti-border. We need a fence/wall and we need to keep Joe inside of it.

Joe Biden says, he "gets it."

Creepy Handsy Joe Biden says he now "gets it," that "social norms are changing." Uh - social norms of inappropriate touching and inappropriate behavior began changing over thirty years ago. What took Creepy Joe so long to "get it"?

Funny...he never mentioned if he plans on stopping swimming and walking around nude.  And skinny dipping. And walking around nude.

Joe didn't apologize or bother to explain his hands-all-over children behavior. 

Biden's attempt in explaining his behavior fails the sincerity test. Typical Liberal non-apology apology.

Blame it on the shampoo, Joe?

Another accuser of Biden inappropriate behavior steps forward; Mrs. Butterworth.

"He made me feel very uncomfortable. He had this strange look in his eyes and he reached out and began stroking my face. It happened so fast. It was more than just flirtatious. It was creepy," said a visibly upset Mrs. Butterworth.

A spokesman from Joe Biden's office, responding to Mrs. Butterworth stated that, "Mr. Biden doesn't recall this incident, but if it is suggested he did so, he will listen respectfully. But it was never his intention."

Added Biden: "I may not recall these moments the same way, and I may be surprised at what I hear. But we have arrived at an important time when women feel they can and should relate their experiences, and men should pay attention. And I will."

Biden drops presidential bid; takes job at TSA.

USA Today reports Walgreens will continue selling "mental cigarettes".

Written by Dalvin Brown, who apparently is a staff writer of Consumer Technology Reporter for USA MacPaper.

I have my share of misspellings and proofreading faults in what's published here. But this is a blog, not a (supposedly) legitimate and traditional news organization. I don't have anyone to proofread what I write, no editor(s) and I am not paid or compensated by anyone or any organization in what's written here.

Thus, I am confused, that Mr. Brown's USA MacPaper story mentions that Walgreens will continue selling "mental cigarettes".

I'm not sure what "mental cigarettes" are.

Link to USA MacPaper article.

Screenshot:

USA MacPaper story link via Liz Sheld from link at The Right Way.

Maybe "mental cigarettes" are what the Libs are smoking? That would explain a lot.

Joe Biden's Medal of Prostate Freedom.

NPR: Biden receives Medal of Freedom from Obama.

David Hogg survives Joe Biden hair inhalation.

State of The Nation: Biden would walk around the VP residence naked at night. “I mean, Stark naked… Weinstein level stuff."

Daily Mail: Joe Biden upsets female Secret Service agents by swimming naked wherever he goes.

Political Insider: Biden walks around the house naked.

The View: Whoppi, Betard, Pudgy, Hostin defend Biden.

Joe creates a "visual" and excitedly talks about a woman stripping nude and walking to the Capitol (video under the image). Note Joe flash the White Nationalist hand sign:

White Nationalist hand sign.

Full video clip here.

Page Six: Hunter Biden, Joe's son, while married, dates wife of deceased brother.

The widow of Joe Biden’s late son Beau Biden has started a romantic relationship with Beau’s brother Hunter Biden, the former vice president’s younger son.

Hallie was devastated when her husband, Beau, died after suffering from brain cancer in May 2015. But she has since struck up a romance with Beau’s brother Hunter, 47, who has separated from his wife, Kathleen. We’re told Hallie and Hunter are now officially a couple.

So, the guy who used to be the uncle to Beau's children is now, basically, their step-dad? How special.

The Bidens...It's A Family Affair.
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Fixed link to Political Insider 4/1/2019

Elephant tries to walk into a bar...

...MSN: Elephant denied entry into bar.

AG Barr should April Fool's prank Pelosi.

Nancy Pelosi's phone rings; she answers: "Hello." On the line is AG William Barr.

AG Barr: I have the full, un-redacted Mueller report ready for you.

Pelosi: Really?

Barr: Nah, April Fool's. (Hangs up phone).

Pelosi: (Ponders if he really has the full, un-redacted Mueller report ready for her. Phones Cortez, describes Barr phone call to her).

Cortez: "Who dis?"

Pelosi and Cortez look up April Fool's Day on Wikipedia. Both of them, still confused and perplexed, consult their staffers. Staffers spend hours explaining and diagramming Barr's call to Pelosi.

Hours, days, weeks, months later...

Groper Joe Biden; Lucy Flores is not alone.

Vanity Fair: Joe Biden Faces an Overdue #MeToo Question.

Lucy Flores:

"I felt him get closer to me from behind. He leaned further in and inhaled my hair. I was mortified. I thought to myself, 'I didn’t wash my hair today and the vice-president of the United States is smelling it. And also, what in the actual fuck? Why is the vice-president of the United States smelling my hair?'  He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head."

The SOP: Lucy Flores only one instance of numerous Gropin' Joe incidents.

The Stream: Joe Biden's disturbing history of groping.

Amanda Terkel, writing in Huffington Post, described another incident. “The teenage daughter of Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), for example, visibly cringed and pulled away when Biden whispered in her ear and kissed her on the head.”

Political Insider: 10 Images and Instances of Gropin' Joe Biden.

Daily Mail: Gropin' Joe handsy with White House Reporter.

Image below from Facebook: Joe Biden Groper and Pervert.

Time: "Biden being Biden" should not be tolerated.

One of the more awkward moments from the Joe Biden inappropriate behavior reel is his whispering, grabbing, and ultimately trying to kiss Delaware Senator Chris Coon’ daughter Maggie. She is 13.
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NBC’s Capitol Hill Correspondent Kelly O’Donnell joshed Biden was “multi-tasking” when he had his arm wrapped around a teenager while swearing in her mother, Senator Joni Ernst. Biden also told the teen “I hope mom has a big fence around your house.” Today co-host Matt Lauer wise-cracked that this was Biden’s way of “welcoming” the families of the new Senate class. Even PBS found “Biden being Biden” just so adorable.

...As adorable as a pedophile.

BBC Director General whines over label "mainstream" and why Teh News not trusted.

No one wants to play in The Empty Sandbox belonging to the whiney-assed kid.

RT: BBC director whines over label "mainstream".

A speech given by the head of the BBC pouting over the "abusive" term "mainstream media" misses the point entirely, media analyst Lionel told RT.
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Rather than complain about "people of all political persuasions" pointing out the system's flaws, he said, BBC director general Tony Hall and others like him would do well to look in the mirror to understand how "traditional journalism" came to be seen as "part of the problem rather than the solution."

So then, it's still safe drinking gasoline?

Image: Empire News

KMSP FOX 9: Legislation considered warning of addictive social media.

State Sen. Roger Chamberlain's, [R-Lino Lakes...]
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...bill would force social media companies to post a warning whenever users access their accounts. The message would tell users that social media is addictive and that excessive use “may lead to mental health disorders, reduced productivity, lack of sleep, and social alienation.”

I'd write some commentary about our societal obsession with "Warnings About Everything" but I have to check my other accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, Weibo, Reddit, 4Chan, 7Chan, 8Chan, 9Chan, PasteBin, Gab, Foursquare, Skype, Spotify, Pinterest, Badoo, Nextdoor, Xanga, Quora, Word Press, Vimeo, You Tube, Yelp, STEEM and...uh...I'm forgetting one.

Brexit Breakfast Sausage. May wants fourth chance at bat. Brexiting is Hard To Do.

Brexit Breakfast Sausage keeps on grinding...

Legislation Sausage-making

CNN: Brexit protests bring London gridlock.

News Times: Theresa May's third Brexit attempt voted down.

Daily Mail: Theresa May seeks fourth time at bat. I guess, the third time is no longer a charm? 

Express: Canada warns tourists of Brexit protest violence.

The Mirror: Sky News reporter caught on tape saying "Bollucks" on-air.

Glamour Magazine: Londonistan Mayor Sadiq Khan pens Op/Ed in defense of womens' rights and Brexit deal-no deal.

Yeah...whole lotta UK'ers feeling like this.

Six people who can reach a better consensus and plan

than 99.9% of any group of politicians on the planet.

Brexiting is hard to do.

NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY – March 29

National Day Calendar: National Vietnam War Veterans Day

From The Wall USA:

"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.

     Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own.

     And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind."

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
Listed as KIA February 7, 1978

Video: PennLive

U.S. Department of Defense: DOD and VA to Commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day, 2nd Anniversary:

The Department of Defense today announced it will conduct a wreath laying ceremony with the Department of Veterans Affairs at The Vietnam War Memorial March 29, 2019. On March 28, 2017, President Trump signed into law The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017, establishing The National Vietnam War Veterans Day that will, henceforth, be celebrated each year on March 29.

This is the second anniversary of that special day. DOD will also support over 1,600 events in many states across the nation to recognize, honor and thank U.S. Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifices.

The Wall USA Photo Gallery and Photo Gallery Annex.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Founders of The Wall.

More Links.

Wisconsin has another sole Powerball winner.

I'm going to have to start taking a short trip to Wisconsin when buying future lottery tickets. What is it about WI that they seem to have so many BIG $$$$ lotto winners?

WSAU: One ticket sold in Wisconsin matches all Powerball numbers.

NEW BERLIN, WI (WTAQ) - A single ticket sold in Wisconsin matched all six numbers in the Powerball drawing to win the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.

According to the Wisconsin Lottery website, the winning ticket was sold in New Berlin.

A statement on the Powerball website says that due to strong ticket sales, the jackpot climbed to an estimated $768.4 million at the time of the drawing with a cash option of $477 million.

Tech News

AI:

TechTalks: In which direction is AI headed?

...we’ve reached a point where artificial intelligence algorithms can solve very complicated problems, and in many cases with speed and accuracy that is far superior to those of humans. But whether contemporary AI works likes the human mind is up for debate.

TechSpot: AI coming soon to a McDonald's drive thru near you.

McDonald’s will put its newfound technology to work in the drive thru. Working in conjunction with the company’s digital menus, Dynamic Yield technology will account for factors like weather, time of day, current restaurant traffic and trending menu items to display items that customers are more likely to purchase.
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McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook said they have a really straightforward business. “People only come to us if they want something to eat, or something to drink. We’re not in the business of using technology to try to change people’s lives.”

McDonald's predictive menu ordering=here. Change people's lives? They'll get there sooner rather than later.

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EU Articles 11 and 13 Copyright Reform:

Beta News: EU approves copyright reform despite massive opposition.

Known respectively as the "link tax" and the "upload filter", these two clauses have generated a great deal of interest from internet users and the technology industry alike. In particular, article 13 has proved especially controversial, holding websites responsible for material uploaded without a licence [sic] [.]

ZD Net: Social media platforms affected by new EU copyright regulations.

The European Parliament said the directive aims to ensure that copyright law also applies to the internet. It added that YouTube, Facebook and Google News are some of the internet household names that will be "most directly affected" by this legislation.

TechDirt: MEP's say mistaken in their vote on Articles 11 and 13. EU replies, "pound sand.".

...the key vote was whether to allow amendments that could have deleted those two articles. That vote failed by just five votes, 317 to 312. Unfortunately, soon after the vote was finalized, a few of the MEPs who voted against the plan for amendments -- Peter Lundgren and Kristina Winberg -- said they voted incorrectly and meant to vote for the amendments in order to get rid of Articles 11 and 13. Apparently, someone changed the vote order which threw them off[.]

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Dark Reading: Russia regularly spoofs regional GPS.

A large-scale analysis of global positioning data has discovered widespread Russian spoofing over the past three years of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) used by ships and autonomous vehicle systems to find their positions and safely chart courses, according to a new report.

The report — published by the Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS), a nonprofit intelligence firm focused on worldwide security issues — found that at least 9,883 instances of spoofing occurred near sensitive areas in Russia and Crimea and during times when high-ranking officials, such as President Vladamir Putin, were present.

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Ars Technia: Microsoft discover Huawei driver that opened systems to attacks.

...it wasn't malware that was injecting and running code in a user process; it was a Huawei-written driver. Huawei's driver was supposed to act as a kind of watchdog: it monitored a regular user mode service that's part of the PCManager software, and if that service should crash or stop running, the driver would restart it. To perform that restart, the driver injected code into a privileged Windows process and then ran that code using an APC—a technique lifted straight from malware.

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Technocracy: Sweden expected to force banks to handle cash transactions.

Technocrats pushing for a cashless society are seriously conflicted as its flagship experiment in Sweden is coming unravelled. The people in Sweden have spoken, and cash stays. ⁃ TN Editor

Sweden will likely push through a proposal to force banks to keep offering cash to customers who require it as the Nordic nation grapples with how to balance the rapid transformation into a cashless society.

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Security Week: Ransomware hits aluminum giant Norsk Hydro.

Norwegian metals and energy giant Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s biggest aluminum producers, has been hit by a ransomware attack that has impacted operations, forcing the company to resort to manual processes.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Norsk Hydro representatives revealed that the attack, which they described as extensive, started on Monday at around midnight, Norway time, when the company’s security team noticed some unusual activity on its global network. They said the ransomware is designed to encrypt files, but they have yet to determine exactly which malware family it belongs to.

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C|Net: Twitter birthday prank will lockout your account.

The hoax, which appears to have begun making the rounds on Monday, promises to make users' feeds more "colourful" if they change the birth year in their profile to 2007. An early tweet on the trick has been retweeted more than 13,000 times[.]

Speeding car hits teen who flips four somersaults. Driver doesn't stop.

Daily Record: Teen left for dead. 

Ibrahim Ahmed, 14, was crossing the road when Mohammed Hussain, 20, struck him at 59mph in a 20mph zone.
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Ibrahim survived broken bones, organ damage and internal bleeding.
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Ibrahim can be seen on CCTV spotting Hussain coming towards him. He starts to run but is hit and thrown into the air.

Hussain, of Southampton Gardens, Luton, admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for 16 months at Luton Crown Court.

Metro: Teen somersaults four times after hit by speeding driver.

Schumer finds time to kvetch over sliced bagels.

Cluck Schumer kvetching over sliced bagels. Daily Mail:

When isn't Honker Nose bitching about something?

Here's how St. Louis should reply to Cluck.

Meeester AIPAC doesn't like bread-sliced bagels? Well, then he can go back to eating donuts with his Russian ass-master.

 Schumer and Putin in 2003 celebrating the opening of RUSSIA'S first gas station in New York.

Jake Patterson - I hope he spends as little time as possible inside a jail cell.

ABC 6: "Bye,Jayme"; Jake Patterson pleads guilty:

Jake Patterson, the man who abducted 13-year-old Jayme Closs and held her captive until she escaped months later, pleaded guilty in an emotional court appearance on Wednesday.

"Bye, Jayme," Patterson said, before he was led away.

Patterson, 21, shot and killed Closs' parents on Oct. 15 and kidnapped the 13-year-old from her home in rural Barron, Wisconsin.

As he pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping, Patterson appeared emotional, with his voice cracking at times.

WTVR: Jake Patterson pleads guilty to intentional homicide and kidnapping.

[Patterson] wept as he entered a plea to each count, with his lawyer leaning over to comfort him. Patterson tapped his foot nervously and, at times, his manacles rattled as he moved.

Jake Patterson

I hope this sniveling, cowardly piece of shit spends as little time in a jail cell as possible. It's too bad Wisconsin doesn't have the death penalty. But I'm sure there's plenty of inmates with a shiv who'll help Patterson into the afterlife.

Patterson needs someone like Vern Schillinger to go all-out "Oz" on him. No mercy.

Why does anyone believe "outrage" from Chicago DEM Mayor Rahm Emanuel and PD Superintendent Eddie Johnson?

I stopped listening to talk radio over ten years ago. The main reason being that no matter which Conservative talker was talking, it was the same stuff, every day, restated and regurgitated slightly different every day. Day after day after day.

I tuned in to talk radio yesterday and today, wanting to hear reactions to the Mueller Report and the Jussie Smollett story.

Not going to reference any names, but you can guess the two, main Conservative talkers I'm referring to.

Yesterday, both hosts expressed their anger over the Mueller Report, talking at great length over how much time and money was wasted by the Mueller investigation. Well, both of you gentlemen are somewhat intelligent, you knew this was coming. Why are you angry? Both hosts claim to have such keen insight into how the Liberal Mind works, yet, both expressed varying degrees of pissed-off-ed-ness.

Yesterday, one of the hosts was all bent out of shape saying there is no reason to "thank Mueller" for his report's conclusion of no Russian-Trump collusion. Who is thanking Mueller? I haven't read a single site, a single blog or any writer anywhere who is "thanking Mueller".

Today, these same talkers gave ample time in discussing that "even Rahm Emanuel and PD Superintendent Eddie Johnson are upset" over the charges dropped against Jussie Smollett.

You guys are joking, right? Or did you forget that the Smollett hoax happened in Chicago, the Liberal Grift Capital of the World?

Chicago Mayor and lifelong Liberal operative Rahm Emanual "lashes out" at the prosecutors for dropping charges against Jussie Smollett. These two conservative radio takers believe Rahm is really upset over this?

We're asked to believe that Liberal Godfather Emanuel was not aware of what would happen today regarding Smollett? Are you kidding me?

Here's what happened. Emanuel, and to a lesser degree PD Superintendent Johnson, gave performances worthy of Best Supporting Actors in a Hate Attack Hoax.

If you really believe that Rahm is, or was, surprised and angered by the charges against Smollett being dropped, you have played right into the hand of the Liberal Narrative. Chicago PD's Mr. Johnson...of course he had to be in step with The Rahm Narrative for his job and to play his role in protecting the illusion that Chicago law enforcement holds any degree of legitimacy.

You've been Pwned by The Liberal Narrative and fell for it hook, line and sinker.

And the Oscar goes to, Rahm Emanuel, for best acting in feigning outrage over a hoax. And Mr. Johnson, he did his best in a supporting role.

Seriously, you believe this guy?

All charges against Jussie Smollett dropped.

In today's WTF Moment, Chicago Tribune: Cook County drops all charges against Jussie Smollett.

In a stunning move, Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on disorderly conduct charges for allegedly staging a phony attack and claiming he was the victim of a hate crime.

“We believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case,” a prosecutor said in court in announcing the dismissal of all 16 counts.
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“Jussie is relieved to have this situation behind him and is very much looking forward to getting back to focusing on his family, friends and career," [said Judge Steven Watkins].

CBS Chicago: Judge seals the case.

    Judge granted a motion to seal the case. @cbschicago

    — Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) March 26, 2019

 Charlie De Mar Twitter

Because Matthew Yglesias and Damon Linker are so prescient and smarter than the rest of us.

On rare occasions I link to a LiberTard site or writer. Usually it's to mock them. It's especially fun linking to them when their past words of wisdom prove to be so...pathetically partisan and so dreadfully wrong.

VOX: Underrated and overrated 2020 Dem presidential candidates (from September 14, 2018 by Matthew Yglesias and others).

BIG SWING and a MISS by Mr. Yglegiggleasissyus. Matt continues, from the above link: 

Avenatti, by contrast, has:

    Publicly said he’s exploring a run for president.
    Formed a PAC to donate to Democratic candidates in 2018, a common first move of presidential contenders.
    Visited Iowa in August for the Democratic “Wing Ding dinner” fundraiser, alongside declared presidential candidates Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.
    Visited New Hampshire that month for a Democratic picnic, where the state party chair enthusiastically introduced him.
    Also visited Florida and Ohio and Pennsylvania, where he met with Democratic officials and tried to schmooze Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), another potential contender who called Avenatti a “phenomenal guy.”
    Decided to put his campaign headquarters in St. Louis to make it easier for him to flip Missouri blue.
    Released a platform document laying out an agenda he’d run on.

He is really, truly, honest-to-God running for president. And I think he could win.

Matt, Matt, Matt...of which are you more proud: your narrow biased political view or your ability in arrogantly bestowing admirable and altruistic accolades on people who fool no one other than you?

Ooooooooooooh, "and I think he could win." [Insert audio of prepubescent girls'-sleepover squealing, both hands raised and waving around like...well, like litle girls do.]

NY Post: Avenatti can't find lawyers to represent him on extortion charges.  Oh, teh Schadenfreude, so delicious, so satisfying.

My same question posed to Matt (bias and/or arrogancy) applies to Damon Linker at The Week, writing on September 1, 2016: Donald Trump is poised to lose in the biggest landslide in modern American history:

Trump isn't merely going to lose. He's going to lose in the biggest popular vote landslide in modern presidential history.
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Trump may well end up being the most unpopular candidate from a major party since before the New Deal.
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Trump, by contrast, is going to sink.
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The most credulous members of the Trump fan club will show up to cast ballots for him no matter what he says and does. But the rest? An awful lot of them are likely to stay home out of simple self-respect. Precisely how many do so is what will make the difference between a loss and a historic wipeout.

How'd that landslide/"wipeout" end up, Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamon?

Hey guys, what's it like - how does it taste - eating words of ass?

Amazing...The craniotomy sutures, tension wire and screws can't be seen.

Last week I heard a short audio clip of this on Glenn Beck's program. I wasn't sure what Beck was discussing or what the audio clip represented. Earlier today, I found the video clip at @RealJamesWoods Twitter.

Note the deranged, zombie-like look in eyes of the woman on the left (after you stop staring at her tits...)

I hope these two took their own advice and did not procreate. "That's true...that's so true." 

In an unconfirmed news report:  Two unidentified brains in jars mysteriously appeared out of nowhere on a shelf in a science lab. Authorities advise they are not interested in seeking the previous owners and there is no need for the public to be alarmed or concerned. "That's true...that's so true."

Stephen ColBERT starts GoFundMe page citing need for mouthwash.

RCP: ColBERT, "we're not broadcasting now so...".

Hit the link. Watch the video clip. Watch ColBERT perform a sissy (definition #2) dance.

Melting Greenland glacier is growning again.

TVNZ: Once melting glacier is now growing.

A major Greenland glacier that was one of the fastest shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is growing again, a new NASA study finds.

The Jakobshavn glacier around 2012 was retreating about 3 kilometres and thinning nearly 40 metres annually.

But it started growing again at about the same rate in the past two years, according to a study in  Nature Geoscience. Study authors and outside scientists think this is temporary.

Temporary. As in it might freeze and grow for a while, and then some time later melt, and then re-freeze again? As in, climate changes? As in, the temperature and weather tomorrow will not be exactly the same as today or as yesterday? Weather fluctuates? No, it can't be. 

The glacier is not unlike the ice cubes in my rums and cokes. The cubes melt...for a while...and then get replenished. Science is amazing. Go figure.