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Thursday, July 15. 2021

Thursday morning links

 After 37 years as a cable TV customer, I finally did it. I cancelled!


 Elvis Presley was Jewish? A Grave Marker Locked Away for 4 Decades Confirms It


 Trans “Man” Gives Birth; Trans “Woman” Tries to Nurse Baby


Richard Lindzen on the Climate. Professor of Meteorology Richard Lindzen was formerly head of the climate science lab at MIT.


 CALIFORNIA LEGALIZED THEFT. PORCH PIRACY SOARED.


 ‘The Steele Dossier Was a Case Study in How Reporters Get Manipulated’


 41% of Baltimore high schoolers have a GPA below 1.0


 Sensitivity Versus Education


 Critical race theory lesson compares ‘average’ black and white students to show white privilege


 Critical Race Theory has no idea what to do with Asian-Americans


Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomes UN probe of ‘racism’ in US


 The Essence Of Socialism Is Declining Productivity


FBI Calls for People to Rat Out Friends and Family


 BIDEN TURNS ENTIRE GOVERNMENT INTO A DEMOCRAT VOTER MACHINE


Is Afghanistan a Failed Mission?


The Real Cuba Isn't a Potemkin Airbnb. Antonio García Martínez on what people taking to the streets are protesting.





Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 07:30 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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"After 37 years as a cable TV customer, I finally did it. I cancelled!"

Cut the cord and got a Roku a year or so ago. Kicking myself for not doing it sooner.
#1 Maniac on 2021-07-15 09:12 (Reply)
I just got a Roku. I didn’t really understand how it works until I plugged it in. I’m thinking I can watch just about everything xfinity offers, for about a third of the cost. I’m not sure how Roku handles sports. I like my hockey.
#1.1 B. Hammer on 2021-07-15 10:36 (Reply)
We moved to ME a year ago. We rented for about 7 months and had only internet and Roku. Moved into our new house and did not get cable. We have a few streaming services, BritBox and HBO Max - continued with Netflix and have Amazon Prime. We don't have any local sports but find that we don't miss it.

Monthly bill is well under half what it was with cable.
#1.2 steve walsh on 2021-07-15 22:11 (Reply)
Hats off to Bari Weiss and Glenn Greenwald for opening up their substacks to facilitate publishing by other essayists - it is creating a very fertile, stable ground for the free exchange of ideas and commentary. They are walking the talk.

I had a professional society alert me yesterday that their STEM Diversity & Inclusion conference has seats available. Sad to see this. I wrote them a note to unsubscribe from all of their offerings and express my disappointment at their mission failure.

Once upon a time, professionals in the STEM fields researched and contributed to the advance of knowledge, technique, and professional accomplishment to further the discipline and improve scientific understanding as their primary goal. Now, publishing has become more of a pursuit of the credentialed careerists - to a degree. The concept is being fully turned on its head by the professional grifter class - the 'Contribution' that once was given freely in service to professional progress is now just as freely expected as entitlement, with no sense of personal accountability or contribution.
#2 Aggie on 2021-07-15 09:20 (Reply)
Re. UN Probe of Racism in the US.

The whole world is ganging up on the US and the democrats are facilitating it.
#3 Arty on 2021-07-15 09:53 (Reply)
Arty, the world has been ganging up on the USA for going on fifty years. Especially the no account communist grifters at the UN.
#3.1 B. Hammer on 2021-07-15 10:24 (Reply)
CALIFORNIA LEGALIZED THEFT. PORCH PIRACY SOARED. The STUPID is STRONG in California...

‘The Steele Dossier Was a Case Study in How Reporters Get Manipulated’...and they LOVED IT!

Sensitivity Versus Education: I gave up on National Review in 2015 when it went NEVER TRUMP.

Critical race theory lesson compares ‘average’ black and white students to show white privilege: RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT, Uh huh! And Sho Nuff.

Critical Race Theory has no idea what to do with Asian-Americans: I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not bummed for CRT. Brought it on itself.

Is Afghanistan a Failed Mission? YES!!!!!
#4 Sam L. on 2021-07-15 10:17 (Reply)
What's really inside the crypto Exchange?

This is a long read but worth it if you are interested in cryptocurrency.

You can read the entire transcript or listen to a 1:23 hour-long podcast here:

https://www.grant-williams.com/podcast/the-grant-williams-podcast-bennett-tomlin-george-noble/

Scroll down past the podcast to see the transcript.
#5 feeblemind on 2021-07-15 12:03 (Reply)
I cut CaTV 3+ years ago, as I realized that I watched two shows, one of them was a seasonal college sport.

I got a firestick, and it's worked out ok.
#6 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-07-15 12:28 (Reply)
Miles W. Mathis has some interesting things to say about Elvis being Jewish: http://mileswmathis.com/elvis.pdf
#7 Ann K. on 2021-07-15 22:29 (Reply)

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