Globalization

Is a definition of globalization that I can understand

and to which I now can relate:

Question:
What is the truest definition ofGlobalization?


Answer :
PrincessDiana's death.


Question:How come?


Answer :

An
English Princess
with an
Egyptian boyfriend

crashes
in a French tunnel,
riding in a

German
car

with a
Dutch engine,

driven
by a Belgian

who was
drunk

on
Scottish whisky,

(check the bottle before you
Challenge the spelling),

followed
closely by

Italian
Paparazzi,

on
Japanese motorcycles,

treated
by an American doctor,
using

Brazilian
medicines.

This is
sent to you by

a
Canadian,

using

American
Bill Gates' technology,

and
you're probably reading
this on your computer, or phone

that
uses Taiwanese chips,
and a

Korean
monitor,

assembled
by

Bangladeshi
workers

in a
Singapore plant,

transported
by Indian

truck drivers,

hijacked
by Indonesians,

unloaded by
Sicilian longshoremen,

and

trucked to you by

Mexicans

Who are in the

US Illegally.


That, my friends, is Globalization

Dark Times Ahead

Economist Nouriel Roubini paints a bleak future for a world facing ‘megathreats’ – including global economic meltdowns.


In a world faced with threats and challenges, many cynical politicians would rather kick the can down the road – and win votes – than make the tough decisions needed now.


At the same time, billions of people would happily trade globalisation for their old way of life, with nations embracing a “me first” attitude and eschewing inter-country cooperation and compromise for the collective good – even in dealing with pandemics and natural disasters.


Economist Nouriel Roubini, nicknamed “Dr Doom” for predicting the 2008 crash of the United States economy years before it happened, tells host Steve Clemons how a US “debt trap”, artificial intelligence and deglobalisation are part of the bleak future that awaits humanity within the next 20 years.

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A Few Mind Benders

"A gun is like a parachute If you need one, and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again."

The definition of the word Conundrum is: something that is puzzling or confusing.

Here are six Conundrums of socialism in the United States of America:
1.America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized.

2.Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims.

3.They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government.

4.Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer.

5.The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.

6.They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

These three, short sentences tell you a lot about the direction of our current government and cultural environment:

1. We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.

Funny how that works. And here's another one worth considering…

2. Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money. But we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money ! What's interesting is the first group "worked for" their money, but the second didn't.

Think about it.....and Last but not least :

3. Why are we cutting benefits for our veterans, no pay raises for our military and cutting our army to a level lower than before WWII, but we are not stopping the payments or benefits to illegal aliens.

Am I the only one missing something?

"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." – Plato

Searching for Missing Genomes

Enormous strides have been made to unravel the secrets of the human genome, so why are we missing the genetic information of most of the planet?

In the summer of 2020, a 63-year-old African American woman with colon cancer was treated with a common chemotherapy known as fluoropyrimidines at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland. But over the coming weeks, she began to develop a severe side-effect known as pancytopenia – a rapid and sudden decrease of red and white blood cells and platelets – causing her to be rushed into intensive care.

This kind of reaction is surprisingly common. Around 38,000 cancer patients in England and approximately 154,000 patients in the US are initiated on fluoropyrimidine-based treatments every year. While fluoropyrimidines help save lives, between 20% and 30% of the people who receive these drugs require lower doses, because their bodies struggle to process them. If given the standard dose, they experience reactions which can vary from severe to fatal.

Like many adverse drug reactions, this is thought to be at least in part due to variations in the human genome, the strings of billions of letters or chemical bases which comprise our DNA. But while all humans share 99.9% of our genome, the remaining 0.1% varies markedly from one individual to another, or between ethnic groups. Differences in the underlying sequence behind a particular gene – which can be anything from a few hundred to several million bases – can have profound and far-reaching consequences for our health.

In recent years, genetic-sequencing studies have started to get to the bottom of why some people react so badly to fluoropyrimidines, pinpointing four different variations of a gene called DPYD which is involved in metabolism, as the likely cause. Healthcare systems around the world have now begun sequencing the DNA of certain cancer patients and screening for each of these four variants before determining their chemotherapy dose.

The only problem is that these studies were done entirely on white people, or as geneticists say, "individuals of European ancestry". While different variants of DPYD may serve as warning signs for people of other ethnicities, we do not have enough data to be sure of which variants are most applicable to different ethnic groups. "Ethnic minority patients will usually be given conventional doses of the drugs," says Munir Pirmohamed, a pharmacologist at the University of Liverpool in the UK. "Some of these patients will carry other ethnic-specific variants which also affect their ability to metabolise these drugs, but we do not currently genotype for those, largely because we do not know."  READ MORE...

Vibrations

 

All of Us

 

Cat Tree

 

A Divided Nation Does Not Stand For Anything

We have reached the end of one month and are a couple of days into the next month.  The month of March is usually a transition month here in the valley where by the 15th, winter is mostly gone, temps are warming and new flowers are breaking through the ground, signifying Spring...  although the end of March/first of April can be a bitch weather wize sometimes with cold spells...

Similarly, we have a transition period going on in our National's capital, WashDC where our president dwells sometimes when he is not in Delaware.  Our nation's Congress lives there as well as both the House and Senate have been locked in a deadly battle for power and control with each other since the beginning of 2023.

Biden has two years left and those two years could not pass fast enough for me although at my age, we want years to move slowly.  There is a good chance, based upon his ego that THE BIG GUY will run again in 2024 and be slapped down like a Washington GNAT that pestered fans at the Senator's baseball games before they relocated.

I grew up in ALexandria, VA just 8 miles outside of WashDC, so going to the Senator's game was what we did in the summers...

With the election of the Republican Govenor in VA, the stomp-down of Lightfoot in Chicago that she claims is due to her race, the fact that people are moving out of California as the State nears bankruptcy, and the millions of illegal immigrants that are spread all over the country, I believe that the citizens of this changing country are going to KICK BIDEN'S ASS OUT OF THE WHITEHOUSE...

AND...  I have yet to mention:

• Inflation
• Conservative Censorship
• CRT Training in public schools
• Supply Chain issues
• Disrespect of USA by the Global community
• Our weakened military
• Our piss poor education system
• A frigging divided USA is dangerous
• The premature destruction of oil/gasoline
• The claim all whites are supremacists
• Politicizing the DOJ and FBI
• Kissing China's ass

What we are beginning to really see is that the MOTHERS in the USA are finally pissed off at the government...  and as a 75 year old male who has been married twice...  YOU DON'T PISS OFF A MOTHER...

Regardless of who wins the 2024 election, the biggest problem that the USA is faced with after CHINA, is the DIVISION...  whether you believe it or not, the following statement has been proven time and again:

UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL

Surely, you are not that politically ignorant where you cannot see that...

Regarless of who wins the whitehouse

Regarldess of who wins the senate

Regardless of who wins the house

IF, we do not find a way to fix our division, you better start learning MANDARIN CHINESE...

 

The Crowd

 

Mysteries

 

Here

 

FBI Says COVID Leaked From Chinese Lab

FBI Director Christopher Wray (above) has said that the bureau believes Covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese government-controlled lab.  "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident," he told Fox News.


It is the first public confirmation of the FBI's classified judgement of how the pandemic virus emerged.  Many scientists point out there is no evidence that it leaked from a lab.  And other US government agencies have drawn differing conclusions to the FBI's.


Some of them have said - but with a low level of certainty - that the virus did not start in a lab but instead jumped from animals to humans.  The White House has said there is no consensus across the US government on the origins.  A joint China-World Health Organization (WHO) investigation in 2021 called the lab leak theory "extremely unlikely".


However, the WHO investigation was deeply criticised and its director-general has since called for a new inquiry, saying: "All hypotheses remain open and require further study."  Mr Wray's comments come a day after the US ambassador to China called for the country to "be more honest" about Covid's origins.


In his interview on Tuesday, Mr Wray said China "has been doing its best to try to thwart and obfuscate" efforts to identify the source of the global pandemic.  He said details of the agency's investigation were classified but the FBI had a team of experts focusing on the dangers of biological threats.


In response, Beijing accused Washington of "political manipulation".  "The conclusions they have reached have no credibility to speak of," said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning.  Some studies suggest the virus made the leap from animals to humans in Wuhan, China, possibly at the city's seafood and wildlife market.


The market is near a world-leading virus laboratory, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which conducted research into coronaviruses.  READ MORE...

Strictly Political

 

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COVID Accountability

Citizens of the United States are FAMOUS for holding people accountable...

1. We hold our Founding Fathers accountable for our WHITE MAN'S Constitution and Slavery.
2. We hold Nazi Germany accountable for all the Jews that were killed during WWII.
3. We hold Islamic Terrorists accountable for all the terrorists activities around the world.
4. We hold the African leaders accountable for selling their people into slavery.
5. We hold the Catholic Church accountable for the crusades that killed so many muslims.
6. We hold the Russians accountable for invading Ukraine without any justification.
7. We hold the global billionaires accountable for making their wealth at our expense.

BUT...  WE DO NOT HOLD THE CHINESE ACCOUNTABLE FOR RELEASING COVID INTO TO THE WORLD AND KILLING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE...

Why Not?

Are we afraid of the Chinese?

Are we concerned about the money we might lose from the Chinese markets?

Is Biden in the pockets of the Chinese Communist Party?

For two years we went through mask mandates, vaccine shots and boosters, people losing their jobs because they refused to take the vaccine, school closures, business closures, government relief spending, social distancing, seeing double standards for the wealthy and privileged, loss of life of loved ones, inability to have funeral services, restaurant closures, quarantining at home, lost revenue, draining savings accounts, drops in stock market, unemployment...   and, an almost destroyed economy that will take several years to rebuild...  if that is even possible.

Those who are retired like myself or on some kind of fixed income, along with low wage earners and the unemployed suffered...  while the wealthy had to simply spend their pocket change on things they had not planned for...  maybe not spend as much time in all their various homes.

SINCE WHEN HAS THE WEALTHY EVER CARED ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE NOT WEALTHY???  KNOWING IT IS THE NON WEALTHY THAT MADE THEM WEALTHY BY BUYING THEIR SHIT.

It is time that we held the CHINESE accountable for the absolute HELL they unleashed on the rest of the world...

RACISM in the USA

 Of course, there is RACISM in the US of A...  and, it has been around long before I graduated from High School in 1966...

Was it brought about by Slavery???

NOOOO!!!  and I say this because, if that were true, there would be no RACISM in the North or in the West...  yet, we have racism throughout the United States...

It is easy for blacks to point to slavery as the root cause, because they do not want to blame themselves.

For instance, we have plenty of black professional athletes, hollywood actors and actresses, musicians, and artists and yet very few of them have bent over backwards to help other blacks.

Hell...  we even had a BLACK PRESIDENT and how did other blacks fare during his 8 years in office...  NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYOTHER PRESIDENT...  so, why was that???

It is true that BLACKS have not had the same advantages as WHITES...  that is in part because of where their parents lived.  For example...  education is better in the north than in the south... and, this pertains to both blacks and whites...  which points to geographical location moreso than color of skin.

Another factor that many have failed to realize is demographics...  

• 60% of the US population are caucasian
• 12% of the US population are black

Therefore, there will be 5 times more whites hired than blacks provided their qualifications are all similar...

There are more black drug dealers than white drug dealers.  Part of this reality is geographical location and part of this reality is education.  However, a drug dealer in the North can earn more income than a while college graduate in the South.  The odds of going to jail are minimal...  BESIDES...  most black drug dealers sell to white buyers and not to black buyers.

More lower income white trash served in Vietnam than blacks...  but there are not any blacks who bitch about that injustice...  IN FACT, wealthy blacks have learned to play the game in America that is open to both whites and blacks.

80% of Professional Football Players are Black

90% of Professional Basketball Players are Black

Have you ever heard the BLACKS complain about that?

No you have not...

They are bitching about there not being enough BLACK COACHES...

Go Figure...

If I have WHITE PRIVILEGE...  then, I have never used it.  I did not use my privilege to get into the best colleges or universities.  I went to a small four year college that no one ever heard about.

I did not get my parents to pay for my college education...  I enlisted in the Navy during the Vietnam War and earned the GI Bill which paid for my college and grad school.  Plus, I worked full time while attending college, and studied my ass off to get the grades...  I did not just memorize for the test and forget.

I did not use my white privilege to acquire employment, I started at the bottom and worked my way up.  I applied for jobs that BLACKS did not want.

I am pissed off at the demands of the BLACKS and don't understand why they are bitching about SLAVERY that does not apply to them anymore.  They need to ask themselves, why do other BLACKS succeed and I DON'T?

Elon Musk Releases A Robot

 

Sex Robots Feeling Human-Like

Realism at request
One of the most requested features across all types of sex toys is realism. Consumers want their sex toys to feel (and sometimes look) as close as possible to a real human. Realism becomes even more important for sex dolls and sex robots not only because they come at a much higher price tag but also because of how they can be used by consumers. They are larger, feature more advanced technology, and are designed to represent full bodies/people, although robots and dolls can technically be defined as two separate things. Realistic materials are expected by consumers to provide the best alternative to human skin and stimulation that fulfills their fantasies.

Materials present: Standard silicone
The use of silicone and the more affordable thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) in creating the most realistic skin-like feel has been heavily debated by sex industry professionals. While the answer may vary between different types of sex toys, the current consensus is that although both silicone and TPE can emulate human skin, silicone simply does it better. So much so that it has become the standard for a variety of sex toys, including sex dolls and sex robots.

Materials of the future: Second skin
Three unique and innovative materials show promise to be used within the sex doll/robot industry; sensor skin, Aerohaptics, and printable artificial skin.

Sensor skin is a “form of artificial skin, packed with miniature sensors and actuators, that gives the wearer a remarkably realistic haptic illusion of being in physical contact with another person”. If this material were to be used with sex robots, it could potentially elevate tactile experiences by making every touch, feel, and cuddle feel much more real.

Aerohaptics is an even more futuristic material as it’s basically mechanically engineered skin…from a hologram. In 2021, a team at the University of Glasgow “configured their system so that users could virtually bounce a holographic basketball and feel it smack back into their hands”. While the team basketball experiment isn’t the sexiest example of Aerohaptics, if applied with sex robots in a virtual reality setting (which is already a popular feature), this technology could heighten the interactive component of sexual play as a sex robot could respond to the user’s movements – whether in-person or online.

While the two previously mentioned materials are already underway, a newer artificial skin developed at CalTech “can now give robots the ability to sense temperature, pressure, and even toxic chemicals through a simple touch.” This technology is part of a platform that uses artificial printable skin within a robotic arm as well as sensors that attach to human skin. According to CalTech, “the printable skin is a gelatinous hydrogel and makes robot fingertips a lot more like our own” the sensors embedded in the hydrogel give the robot skin the ability to detect the world around it. A sex robot that could sense temperature and pressure would completely transform the user experience!  READ MORE...