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Economics Engineering Movies Technology

Disney’s Star Wars hotel was never going to work.

Disney spent a quarter billion dollars to build, Star Wars:  Galactic Starcruiser hotel, and it only remained open for a year and a half.  This girl spent $6000 to be immersed in the experience.  Fortunately, she’s cute and made an engaging 4-hour video about her Star Wars adventure that’s been viewed by 7 million people.  She should recoup her expenses.

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Government

Trump trial was a miscarriage of justice.

The Trump conviction was a partisan hit job by a rogue prosecutor and a corrupt district attorney.  Every thing you need to know is in that headline.

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Government

AP: Democrats have to solve their own problem.

AP: Democrats Plan

The Democratic National Convention, where the president would otherwise be formally nominated, comes after Ohio’s ballot deadline of Aug. 7. The party’s convention is scheduled for Aug. 19-22.

For over a decade, the DNC knew that Ohio had an early deadline for presidential candidates to get on the ballot.  The DNC paid no attention to the deadline, so Biden wasn’t going to be on the ballot in Ohio unless someone did something to fix the problem.

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Culture Economics

Your favorite brands made a big mistake.

Vox: Companies don’t care about Woke.

Have you ever wondered why people you know to be smart and reasonable, can be so politically different from you?  People get their information from different sources and this article is a perfect example.  Nothing is necessarily wrong, it just misses the point and leaves out some important parts.

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Culture Government

WSJ: Behavioral nudging or sneaky manipulation.

 

WSJ: The problem with nudges

WSJ: The problem with nudges

The concept of nudging has become popular in the past few years—using psychological tactics to subtly steer people toward making better decisions that are aligned with their own interests or societal goals.

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Sparky

Sparky wants company.

Recreation of actual event.

Sparky is a courteous dog.  He can wander anywhere he wants, but he acts as if the bathroom doesn’t exist.  Even if he’s dying to tell me something, if I’m in the bathroom, he goes somewhere else and tries to look busy.

Storms make Sparky active and agitated, but he says he’s not afraid.  He just wants to be near me in case I need his help.  It started to rain, so I was done moving firewood into the wood shed.   When I came in, I took a shower.

Sparky came by to hang out.  He tried to be casual about it.  “So, you think I can drive the quad tomorrow?  Were there any mice in the wood pile?  Why are you standing in house rain when there is outside rain?  Are you sure this is safe?  I’ll just wait here.”

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Books

The Vela gets a 5/10 for being confusing.

Trigger warnings are bullshit like all the other snowflake crap they foist on us.  Trigger warnings could be good, but acceptable trigger warnings are about content that mentions guns, racism, homophobia or transphobia.  Calling it a trigger warning implies that a person with PTSD could suffer deep anguish and mental suffering.

In reality, a trigger warning indicates topics that Progressive crybullies wish didn’t exist.

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TV Shows

Clarkson’s Farm 9.5/10

Season 3 of Clarkson’s Farm just dropped on Amazon Prime.  It’s getting some coverage and is rated highly on  IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.

You should watch it anyway.  Think of it as a real-life version of Green Acres, but with much better production values.

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Education

NYT: Algebra in Middle School

NYT: Algebra in Middle School

NYT: Algebra in Middle School

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it.

This is why Progressives should never be put in charge of anything, ever.  It doesn’t matter how well they speak, how nice they look or what degrees they have, they can only destroy.  The issue is whether or not advanced students should have the option of taking Algebra in eight grade.  Most students take it in  ninth.

Do bias and inequality keep Black and Latino children off the fast track? Should middle schools eliminate algebra to level the playing field? What if standout pupils lose the chance to challenge themselves?

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Government

WTF WEF?

Klaus Schwab stepping down.

Ever wonder why everything, everywhere went to shit, all at once?  It’s this alien-looking motherfucker.

He founded the World Economic Forum where all the elites gather in Davos, Switzerland to get their instructions.  Globalism is his central theme.  No borders, no meat, no fossil fuels, no religion, no private property and no nations.

He’s the guy that wants you to eat bugs.

He is stepping down from executive chairman, but don’t worry, his friends and family are positioned through out the organization, so it will continue to run.  His acolytes are positioned through out national governments, tech firms and corporate media.  

The change in his role is pending approval by the Swiss government but should be finalized ahead of the WEF’s annual meeting in 2025.

I’d like to see this statement explained in greater detail.