So, as previously mentioned, the recently enacted patently unconsitutional gun ban in Illinois has had a stay put on it by a downstate judge. The state has announced a plan to appeal this to the Illinois Supreme Court. It is understood that the IL SC will squash the opposition to the bill. But… there’s a bit of a wrinkle to the case. Illinois idiot governor Pritzker is one of the defendants in the lawsuit that was brought against the bill… and two of the ILSC judges who would rule on this are financially tied to him. Hell, at a million each, they are *leashed* to him, and that makes their participation a *massive* conflict of interest. They will either recuse themselves… or assure their ruling is overturned.
We now have some relevant settled SCOTUS law that states that judges that are financially connected to a party in a case must recuse themselves. Being that the Governor (Pritzker) is the defendant and 2 new ILSC justices received $1mil each from him to get to where they are….. https://t.co/F78bMUA3nDpic.twitter.com/zWxXerUI24
Turns out the “QAnon Shaman” was *escorted* by Capitol Hill Police throughout the building. Video has *finally* been released that overturns The Approved Narrative.
It would be nice if the 40,000 or so hours of footage that the Democrat-controlled House sat on for political purposes, now being released, would lead to some changes. Political prisoners released, politicians who lied getting charged, sanctioned, impeached, sued into financial oblivion.
🚨Tucker releases exclusive tapes from inside the Capitol on January 6th— everything Democrats have told you is a LIE. pic.twitter.com/ovp7rUo6kr
Yes, there are practical applications here for agricultural planning, water engineering, etc. But let’s face it: if this was affordable, this sort of thing would be used far more by people designing their own worlds for role playing games, sci-fi, fantasy, etc.
Responsive digital effects superimposed onto this augmented reality sandbox creating an interactive tool for geoscience
e.g understanding the effects of rain flows, as virtual water moves across the landscape in accordance with the laws of motion pic.twitter.com/Nbe1IS510P
Sir Sic (the Social Inequality Crusader) mocks a “college professor” who claims to have a mechanical engineering degree and who claims that rockets cannot work in a vacuum. Because he not only doesn’t understand basic science, he thinks it’s all a conspiracy.
The original video seems to date from quite some time ago; the version I found was uploaded to YouTube in 2017, and was apparently in existence some time prior to that. Unfortunately, no information is given about who this guy is, and whether he’s *actually* a college professor. Given the accent, he’s clearly not a westerner… which is a relief. There are already quite enough shrieking morons in American academia. And while I’m appalled at anyone claiming to be an engineer talking uneducated and factually wrong smack about science, it’s much less offensive to me if they are from a competing or even adversarial land. However, since he’s speaking *English,* it’s not impossible that he’s an enemy agent come to the US in order to dumb down American college students.
Another possibility is that he not only knows he’s full of BS, he’s actually trolling. Perhaps his purpose is to confuse the kiddies, and then get them to correct him. Teach them critical thinking and skepticism. Teach them to not trust The Man, but instead to apply the lessons of science and arrive at the facts. However, “he’s a moron” is a hell of a lot simpler explanation.
The difficulty with this guys world view is that he lives in a world where rockets exist in space and perform just fine. Of course the conspiracy theorist would argue that that’s all just a scam; there are no space rockets. But then the counter to *that* is “go outside at night and look up. You’ll see satellites.” And doubtless there are terribly clever and fundamentally stupid counters to *that.* Robert Goddard encountered just this sort of dumbassery more than a century ago when the New York Times mocked him for claiming that rockets would work in a vacuum. Not only did he have the math behind him, he actually demonstrated it. On ground level, by firing a rocket in a vacuum “track.” Nothing stopping people from replicating this today. A long length of plexiglas or polycarbonate clear pipe, with a model rocket motor at one end, pumped down to very low pressure, then fire off the rocket and watch it zip down the tube. Do that a couple times, both with vacuum and with air pressure. It’s a safe bet the rockets in vacuum will move faster.
This “professor” is an exemplar of “other ways of knowing.” I fully support his ambitions… for other countries.
There is one “Blockbuster” video rental store surviving, in Bend, Oregon. Given that Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010, it’s a bit surprising that one exists at all. The surviving store appears to exist on nostalgia; tourists taking in the novelty of The Last Blockbuster. Well, whatever works.
Kids these days will never know the thrill of getting to go to a mid-1980’s video rental store and perusing the aisles of VHS tapes. Seeing fantastic box art for movies that in your heart of hearts you know is going to be utter trash… some low-budget “Star Wars” or “Conan” knockoff, starring who’s-that spouting garbage dialog and wearing laughable costumes. It was friggen’ fantastic… at the time. Now, a bunch of these movies that back then you’d have to go out of your way to find are now instantly streamable; the ease of access makes their crappiness stand out all the brighter, with none of the fun. Bleah.
Rarity makes things seem more valuable. This is not an amazing revelation, of course. And now movies at home aren’t rare, aren’t difficult to access. There’s little to no social aspect to picking out a movie; instead of driving to the store and communing with strangers about what might or might not be worth renting, you just click on something and up it pops. I imagine that in not so many years you’ll be able to think of a movie and it will promptly start playing directly into your head, courtesy your government mandated Neural Chip. And soon enough after that, AI will make that Brain Streamable movie be anything you like: that “Jaws 2” meets “Debbie Does Dallas” crossover you always wanted? Here ya go. And shortly after that the Brain Streaming Content will be fully interactive; you’ll be able to live out the adventure yourself inside your own head; no holodeck needed. The entire accessible universe of time and space and imagination will be instantly and nearly freely available. And after a few weeks, everyone will be bored of it.
At least for now that last Blockuster is operating, and has a sense of humor.
The foreperson in the grand jury going after former President Trump in Georgia decided to give televised interviews. Since the grand jury’s job isn’t over, this has been described as, charitably, “unwise.” I’ve seen a lot of people on the right going off on this, especially her enthusiasm for wanting to swear in Trump. Honestly, though, it seems entirely understandable: who *wouldn’t* be excited about swearing in a former President, whether you were a fan or an opponent? And a lot of people on the left are going off on her as her shenanigans might endanger whatever case the prosecutors might have thought they had.
I really wish Emily Kohrs would just keep her mouth shut! Trumps Defense right now is drooling over these interviews. You dont talk about this now….If she wants to blabber..wait until AFTER an indictment at least. Total airhead! 😒 #GeorgiaGrandJury#EmilyKohrs. pic.twitter.com/aDlLkr06F9
That all said: this is a story *made* for mockery. Why? Because the foreperson in question is not just unwise and energetic… she’s apparently a witch. No, really, a witch-witch. Wicca and all that.
CONFIRMED❗️ The #Georgia grand jury forewoman , #EmilyKohrs , who laughed about bringing down President TRUMP is a witch. 😮
Many of her social media accounts have been deleted but her Pinterest page remains with collections of pins dedicated to Wicca and Witchcraft. 🧙♀️#GaPolpic.twitter.com/lQj0GWk0gQ
In May of 2022, Mark Middleton, aide to Bill Clinton who flew to Epsteins island an umber of times and signed Epstein into the White House to meet with Clinton a number of times, was found tied to a tree with an extension cord and a single gunshot wound to the chest… and no firearms nearby.
Details are few, but the idea seems to be for Illinois to secede from Cook County. Which would be *fantastic.* Either secede or kick Cook County out; either’s good. Illinois is a largely rural state absolutely dominated by a small nugget of urban blight. What the corrupt Chicago political machine wants, it gets, and damn the needs and wants of the rest of the state.
I honestly just don’t see this happening; even if every single person outside of Cook County was on board with this, the existing Illinois state government wouldn’t be… and nor would the Congress of the US. So forming a whole new state by splitting up an existing one seems a non-starter. However, it might be more possible for counties or blocs of counties to split offand join other states… Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and so on. As far as Congress is concerned, that wouldn’t change things much… the number of Senators would remain, as would their party breakdowns; Representatives would largely remain, though many would change their state.
