Meditation on the Seventh Day
Submitted by Pluto's Republic on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 11:16am
TO FIND THE WAY BY WHICH THE INVENTIVENESS OF MAN SHALL BE CONSECRATED TO HIS LIFE
Most of what you know is simply the opinions of others.
Some of what you know is an attitude born of propaganda.
Think critically.
I've seen you do that before.
Remove your desire to be right from the equation.
Don't induce. Deduce.
Subtract low-level mistakes from high-level motives.
Look at deeds not words in order to fully understand the long term goals of those involved.
Coronavirus Pandemic Panic and Shrinking Civil Liberties & Privacy Rights
Submitted by wendy davis on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 11:09am
In my last post, I’d asked:
‘Will citizens have any civil rights in the end? Will the most draconian laws and protocols sunset eventually, or be covertly extended for other purposes? Israel, for instance, is using counter-terrorism protocols cell phone data to monitor the movements of citizens who’ve tested positive for the virus.’
Many citizen civil and privacy rights are being ceded voluntarily; many are being trampled on far more covertly.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 8:37am
Viral Evolution
While it is true viruses are sometimes misread by the host and mutate (like a cold virus for example), this week I want to speculate how the SARS-CoV-2 will and is causing societal evolution. Viruses have always been agents of evolution as they attach and pull away from our DNA and RNA, but this global pandemic is going to fundamentally change societies and the way we interact...especially in the short term. If and when a vaccine is developed, some sense of normality should be re-established, but societies will never be the same...like 9/11 and the 2008 crash. So get out your crystal ball and let's think about what's coming around the bend.
Waiting for the Great Leap Backward
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 5:46amThe Great Leap Forward was a formative event in Chinese history, taking place between 1958 and 1962.
Smooth Criminal
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 5:26am
Today I’d like to talk, perhaps for the last time, about election fraud.
[EDIT: It won't be the last time, because, try as I might, I couldn't get everything into this essay. Even though it's as long as Moby Dick.]
The Ugly End to an Ugly Company
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 5:45pm
The past year has not been kind to that scam known as WeWork, but this takes the cake.
Things that were unimaginable just weeks ago
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 3:05pm
OK. Maybe this isn't totally unimaginable, but it is unimaginable that this is being ignored.
Democrats AWOL during the economic crisis
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 2:20pm
2019 Pandemic Exercise "Crimson Contagion" Highlighted Response Weaknesses
Submitted by bondibox on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 7:46amLast year, the Dept. of Health and Human Services ran a 7 month long exercise code named "Crimson Contagion," a dry run response to a global pandemic which started in China and expected more than 100 million Americans to become ill.
The simulation highlighted several failures in our preparedness for such a catastrophe.
