Interesting tweet about coronavirus on 11/06.2019

Translated from Turkish to English.

"Deciphering:

11.06.2019

USA sent a plane full of biological weapons to China. Epidemics may begin in China soon."

https://twitter.com/EmirYildizdan/st...45686100815873

Why is it always "The Great state of [insert state name here]?"

Everywhere one turns in US media, when some personage is introduced they're almost invariably from "the Great state of Kentucky", or "the Great state of Vermont", etc. Or when pols are yakking about folk somewhere; it's always the "Great" state they live in.

If they're *all* Great, then none are. Why this odd affectation? What other self-confident nation does this? Up here, we don't have peeps being hailed in this smarmy fashion as from "the Great province of Saskatchewan." If they are, it's seldom enough to maybe mean something.

Got podcasts?

(Hoping this is the right subforum)

I've been spending more time commuting and also on long flights. I usually spend the time listening to podcasts, as I like the format for some reason or other.

Here are some of the podcasts I enjoy:

Making Sense by Sam Harris:Most of you are probably familiar with this one. IMO, they are of varied quality, but the best ones can be really, really good. It often depends on the guest Sam has on the show. Sometimes strays into TDS.

The Glenn Show:Glenn Loury podcast. IMO one of the great thinkers of our age. He always attempts to give the other side of any position he takes a fair hearing and really tries to change his own mind. Loury is an economist , but the topic is usually current events, often with an emphasis on issues of race. Loury's own opinions tend towards the conservative side, but not always true of his guests.

The Armstrong and Getty Show:This one is actually an AM radio show, so it's a bit unusual for a podcast format. They speak from a conservative/libertarian perspective with which I usually tend to agree. They sometimes disagree with each other on the air. It is also quite funny at times and covers other current events and social issues, not just politics. They have a long radio intro on the podcast every day, so I usually just skip to hour two.

The Dave Ramsey Show:This one is more or less a guilty pleasure for me. Hearing the guests call in with their financial scenarios offers a glimpse into all these different personal situations around the country. I find this entertaining and interesting and usually agree with Dave's advice.

I also listen to a bunch of Japanese podcasts, and every once in a while check on Joe Rogan, This American Life and RadioLab but usually only find them so so.

Any suggestion for good podcasts? I'd love to add another scientific/philosophical one like Sam Harris. I'd also like a mildly political podcast where the host(s) have views that challenge my own as a conservative. I've tried a few, but they were mostly unhinged, super far left SJW-ish rants. I know there have to be others out there, but it is tough to separate the wheat from the chaff.

What do we need to do to solve our corrupted political system?

Not the government itself, but the means by which we organize to influence our government?

I think the place to start (once the GOP has been removed from any ability to influence the process) is a full-press counterintelligence investigation that will expose the entire web of corrupt, dark money influences in our political process, including the massive foreign contributions flowing into places like the Federalist, the NRA, and other GOP institutions as well as ostensibly "left" ones like the Green Party, etc.

Another Conservative Voice silenced

Alas, another voice, the stalwart Conservative publication Daily Stormer (not a link to the site itself) has been silenced by...not getting money from its viewers. Obviously, more left win fascism. Do you think Andrew Anglin will be invited to the White House to discuss this atrocity?

Will Trump supporters rally and pay his bills? Or will they let the communist power of the Free Market push down another patriotic American just telling it like it is? How many more intellectuals of the dark web need to persecuted?

False, bogus tips plague Florida’s new school safety app, school leaders say

False, bogus tips plague Florida’s new school safety app, school leaders say

Such a great idea, what could possibly go wrong?

Quote:

“We get a lot of erroneous tips that take up a lot of time,” explained John Newman, Chief of Security and Emergency Management for the Hillsborough County School District. In Hillsborough County, just under 200 tips have been received. Newman said about 10 were credible. Back in October, a tip through the FortifyFL app alerted Indian River County authorities to a Snapchat post claiming a student was going to shoot up a local middle school. Police spent all night investigating. searching the boys’ home to discover the original post came from a female classmate angry over their break up.

Quote:

In Pasco County, Superintendent Browning said some of the 150 tips they’ve received through the app have shut down schools so local law enforcement could thoroughly investigate. “It’s just frustrating,” Browning said. “When you do that, I will assure you there was no education going on that day. No educating of students,” he said.

Quote:

“It’s just frustrating being the Superintendent and having the responsibility to educate all our kids only to find out that it just takes a tip, referencing a school and everything stops at that school,” said Superintendent Browning.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bern

Please forgive the thread title; I couldn't resist. ;)



So, if Bernie Sanders is the nominee, "conventional wisdom" among moderate Democrats is that he wouldn't be a "safe" choice because he's an avowed socialist. But if 2016 taught me anything, it's to not put too much faith in the conventional wisdom. The conventional wisdom going into the 2016 election cycle turned out to be dead wrong. It could be wrong this time too.

Or perhaps not. :con2: But either way, we'll find out the answer to that question if Sanders is the nominee. We may have to pay the price of 4 more years of Trump to find out the answer, but the question will finally be settled one way or the other.

The thing is: I don't see any of the other candidates as an automatic shoo-in either. So it isn't exactly a case of "gambling" vs. "playing it safe." The candidate that appears to be the "safe" choice may not be so safe, in practice.

I actually thought somebody like Steve Bullock would be safer (a Democrat who can win in a very red state like Montana), but Democratic primary voters were never very interested in Steve Bullock, or Hickenlooper. Of those that remain, I perceive possible weaknesses with any of them. None of them are really a sure thing anyway, so maybe it could be Bernie. Also, if you're worried that he's too socialist, well, he isn't really going to be able to get his agenda through congress anyway, most likely. It'll have to be more modest reforms.