Friday, February 15, 2019
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Monday, February 11, 2019
'Autopilot'-ed Tesla Crashes Off NJ Highway, Driver Unable To Regain Control Of Vehicle
It has been years since Teslas debuted its Autopilot and, despite numerous software updates and fixes in response to a litany of accidents involving Autopilot,
it doesn’t look as though drivers are getting the message that the
software may not be as innovative, safe or autonomous as Elon Musk has
led them to believe.
Yet another example came to light on Monday when a driver in North Brunswick, New Jersey wrecked his Tesla on a highway while the vehicle was in Autopilot mode. According to a report published by News 12 New Jersey, the driver said that the vehicle "got confused due to the lane markings" at a point where the driver could have stayed on the highway or taken an exit. The driver claims that Autopilot split the difference and went down "the middle", between the exit and staying on the highway.
The car then drove off the road and collided with several objects before coming to a stop. The driver claims that he tried to regain control of the vehicle but that "it would not let him".
Some of the driver's claims and Tesla's full response were later edited out of the News 12 New Jersey report without explanation.
This is the latest of numerous similar Autopilot accidents that have taken place as a result of Autopilot being "confused" and acting indecisively when passing exits on the highway. As the details of these accidents have emerged, it has become evident that Autopilot may have serious issues with determining where to go when given the opportunity to exit a highway.
Tesla disputed the driver's claims about not being able to regain control of the vehicle. According to a statement Tesla provided to News 12 New Jersey that was later removed from the report, Tesla said "the driver always has control".
This has wildly contradicted a number of public Autopilot demonstrations where Elon Musk has allowed a Tesla on Autopilot to drive while removing his hands from the steering wheel.
This accident comes on the same day that Business Insider published a report where industry experts critiqued Elon Musk's recent comments about Autopilot, claiming that they were "reckless" and could "put drivers at risk". Specifically, they took exception to Musk's Q4 comments claiming that Tesla vehicles had full self driving capabilities on the highway.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-11/autopilot-ed-tesla-crashes-nj-highway-driver-reportedly-unable-regain-control
Yet another example came to light on Monday when a driver in North Brunswick, New Jersey wrecked his Tesla on a highway while the vehicle was in Autopilot mode. According to a report published by News 12 New Jersey, the driver said that the vehicle "got confused due to the lane markings" at a point where the driver could have stayed on the highway or taken an exit. The driver claims that Autopilot split the difference and went down "the middle", between the exit and staying on the highway.
The car then drove off the road and collided with several objects before coming to a stop. The driver claims that he tried to regain control of the vehicle but that "it would not let him".
Some of the driver's claims and Tesla's full response were later edited out of the News 12 New Jersey report without explanation.
This is the latest of numerous similar Autopilot accidents that have taken place as a result of Autopilot being "confused" and acting indecisively when passing exits on the highway. As the details of these accidents have emerged, it has become evident that Autopilot may have serious issues with determining where to go when given the opportunity to exit a highway.
Tesla disputed the driver's claims about not being able to regain control of the vehicle. According to a statement Tesla provided to News 12 New Jersey that was later removed from the report, Tesla said "the driver always has control".
This has wildly contradicted a number of public Autopilot demonstrations where Elon Musk has allowed a Tesla on Autopilot to drive while removing his hands from the steering wheel.
This accident comes on the same day that Business Insider published a report where industry experts critiqued Elon Musk's recent comments about Autopilot, claiming that they were "reckless" and could "put drivers at risk". Specifically, they took exception to Musk's Q4 comments claiming that Tesla vehicles had full self driving capabilities on the highway.
"We already have full self-driving capability on highways. So from highway on-ramp to highway exit, including passing cars and going from one highway interchange to another, full self-driving capability is there," Musk said.Mary Cummings, a professor at Duke who studies the interaction between humans and autonomous driving systems said of Musk's comment:
"He's wrong, but it's his job to sell cars."Sam Abuelsamid, a senior research analyst for Navigant, said:
"Nothing has changed for Elon. He remains as reckless as he's ever been with regard to the way he talks about Autopilot and its capabilities."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-11/autopilot-ed-tesla-crashes-nj-highway-driver-reportedly-unable-regain-control
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Yale Newspaper Publishes Guide To Destroying "White Boy" Lives Using "Stasi Tactics"
Don't look now, but your girlfriend is a Narc.
At the Yale Daily News, East Germany had nothing on the paper's opinion editor, Isis Davis-Marks.
The Nazi SS had nothing. The Castroite Cuban turbas had nothing. Mao's cultural revolution had nothing.
Here's what Davis-Marks has in mind for Yale college kids:
She's urging her fellow students to follow white males around, monitor them, spy on them, screenshot them, and document everything they do, in the hopes of ruining their careers at some point 30 years down the line. If she knew anything about the history of socialism or communism, which, to make charitable assumptions, she doesn't, she's in fact calling for a Stasi-like atmosphere, as seen in The Lives of Others, all because she was so inspired by the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, with the Senate Democrats' last desperate tactic of bringing up false stories dating from college as a means of sinking Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
Davis-Marks has been steeped in the culture of political correctness and identity politics, and it doesn't take long for political correctness policing to start turning into the tactics of the Stasi. Here she says she would like to get an early start through thought-police tactics starting at Yale, to ensure that she can make charges stick. The records on P.C. transgressions will be made, the records will be kept, and the records pulled out at the convenient times to ensure that no one from Yale succeeds should he have the temerity of being a white male. As an aside, the fraud potential of this is pretty impressive. But the idea of being monitored by who knows whom, and recorded by resentful and bitter fellow students, really is something. Obviously, that should end the social capital of the place — no one will be able to trust anyone, and what is P.C. today might just be different from what is P.C. tomorrow, so the potential for harm is amazing. And everyone at Yale, presumably thinking about his future career, will from now on be on his toes, much as East Germans were during the Stasi era.
It's frankly pretty chilling. What's more, she's likely to get away with it, having mastered the use of race and sex cards all her life as chits to power and always being rewarded for them. Now she finds it's not enough. The tactics must be turbocharged with Stasi tactics, making everyone as bitter and resentful as she is, despite the opportunities she's had.
One can imagine that with this free-form self-appointed Stasi proposal she's made for everyone at Yale, she's going to be screen-shot, too. What a nice place Yale is going to be.
At the Yale Daily News, East Germany had nothing on the paper's opinion editor, Isis Davis-Marks.
The Nazi SS had nothing. The Castroite Cuban turbas had nothing. Mao's cultural revolution had nothing.
Here's what Davis-Marks has in mind for Yale college kids:
Everyone knows a white boy with shiny brown hair and a saccharine smile that conceals his great ambitions. He could be in Grand Strategy or the Yale Political Union. Maybe he's the editor-in-chief of the News. He takes his classes. He networks. And, when it comes time for graduation, he wins all the awards.She concludes...
One day, I'll turn on the television — or, who knows, maybe televisions will be obsolete by this point — and I'll see him sitting down for his Senate confirmation hearing. Yes, he'll be a bit older, with tiny wrinkles sprouting at the corners of his eyes and a couple of gray hairs jutting out of the top of his widow's peak. But that smile, that characteristic saccharine smile, will remain the same.
When I'm watching the white boy — who is now a white man by this point — on CNN, I'll remember a racist remark that he said, an unintentional utterance that he made when he had one drink too many at a frat party during sophomore year. I'll recall a message that he accidentally left open on a computer when he forgot to log out of iMessage, where he likened a woman's body to a particularly large animal. I'll kick myself for forgetting to screenshot the evidence.
We allow things to skate by. We forget. We say, "No, he couldn't have done that," or, "But he's so nice." No questions are asked when our friends accept job offers from companies that manufacture weapons or contribute to gentrification in cities. We merely smile at them and wave as we walk across our residential college courtyards and do nothing. Thirty years later, we kick ourselves when it's too late.So here we have the lovely state of affairs at Yale University, which gave this mediocrity - after a clearly cosseted upbringing among the elites - an admission slot.
But I can't do that anymore — I can't let things slip by. I'm watching you, white boy. And this time, I'm taking the screenshot.
She's urging her fellow students to follow white males around, monitor them, spy on them, screenshot them, and document everything they do, in the hopes of ruining their careers at some point 30 years down the line. If she knew anything about the history of socialism or communism, which, to make charitable assumptions, she doesn't, she's in fact calling for a Stasi-like atmosphere, as seen in The Lives of Others, all because she was so inspired by the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, with the Senate Democrats' last desperate tactic of bringing up false stories dating from college as a means of sinking Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
Davis-Marks has been steeped in the culture of political correctness and identity politics, and it doesn't take long for political correctness policing to start turning into the tactics of the Stasi. Here she says she would like to get an early start through thought-police tactics starting at Yale, to ensure that she can make charges stick. The records on P.C. transgressions will be made, the records will be kept, and the records pulled out at the convenient times to ensure that no one from Yale succeeds should he have the temerity of being a white male. As an aside, the fraud potential of this is pretty impressive. But the idea of being monitored by who knows whom, and recorded by resentful and bitter fellow students, really is something. Obviously, that should end the social capital of the place — no one will be able to trust anyone, and what is P.C. today might just be different from what is P.C. tomorrow, so the potential for harm is amazing. And everyone at Yale, presumably thinking about his future career, will from now on be on his toes, much as East Germans were during the Stasi era.
It's frankly pretty chilling. What's more, she's likely to get away with it, having mastered the use of race and sex cards all her life as chits to power and always being rewarded for them. Now she finds it's not enough. The tactics must be turbocharged with Stasi tactics, making everyone as bitter and resentful as she is, despite the opportunities she's had.
One can imagine that with this free-form self-appointed Stasi proposal she's made for everyone at Yale, she's going to be screen-shot, too. What a nice place Yale is going to be.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Friday, February 8, 2019
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Monday, February 4, 2019
Winter Is Killing Electric Vehicles
If
there’s one thing electric vehicle owners are learning, it is that
extremely cold temperatures are likely going to lead to frustration if
they don’t take extra special care of their battery powered vehicles.
Look at it as just another added benefit to "saving the world".
As we push through the cold that automakers are using as an excuse for poor sales this winter, customers of some companies – notably Tesla – are starting to realize that things are a little bit different with electric vehicles in the winter. Disgruntled owners of Model 3s have been widespread on social media and online forums, talking about numerous issues they’ve had with cold weather on their vehicles. People have complained about battery range draining and Model 3 door handles freezing up.
A new report by Fortune highlights several Tesla owners pointing out their issues: "My
biggest concern is the cold weather drained my battery 20 to 25 miles
overnight and an extra five to ten miles on my drive to work. I paid
$60,000 to not drain my battery so quickly," said New Jersey based Model 3 owner Ronak Patel.
The pro-EV lot over at InsideEVs stated frankly back in December, "Cold weather demands a long range battery" before also encouraging people to shell out more money: "...if you reside in a colder region and can afford to spring for the long-range Model 3, then come winter, you’ll be glad you made that choice."
Salim Morsy, an analyst with Bloomberg, stated: "It’s Panasonic that manufactures Tesla batteries. It’s not something specific to Tesla. It happens to Chevy with the Bolt and Nissan with the Leaf."
Additionally, the door design that Tesla used for the Model 3 as part of its appeal to be "different" continues to come back and bite owners during the winter. As we previously had noted during a cold spell in Quebec late last year, owners were having difficulty getting their handles out from their recessed spots in order to open the doors to their car. This has left some owners complaining and others writing to Tesla (or even Elon Musk on Twitter) looking for a fix.
Pro-Tesla blogger Frederic Lambert was himself unable to get into his vehicle back in November when he documented his own issues in this hilarious video in which he couldn't get into his own car:
"Jesus Christ!" Lambert exclaimed about 53 seconds into the video,
hands shaking from the cold, upon finally getting his door handle to pop
out.
“What’s specific to Tesla," Morsy continued, "is the quality of manufacturing.”
Meanwhile, Andrea Falcone from Boston, who bought a Model 3 about two months ago, stated on Twitter: "I can't wait all day for this silly car."
As with everything, Elon Musk tweeted that there would be an over the air software update that would address how cars are holding up in cold weather. Given that the company can’t physically readjust door handles over the air, we’re guessing the fix will wind up being something that puts further pressure on an already drained battery. And recall, back in November, we had already reported that Tesla was going to "fix" these issues with a vague software update.
In terms of that "fix", it looks as though the only thing that was addressed was the window not always coming down after the door opened. Since there are no door frames on the Model 3 doors, the window rolling down is semi-necessary to help open the door once the handle has popped out.
In the release notes of its new software improvement in late 2018, Tesla said very little:
source zerohedge
As we push through the cold that automakers are using as an excuse for poor sales this winter, customers of some companies – notably Tesla – are starting to realize that things are a little bit different with electric vehicles in the winter. Disgruntled owners of Model 3s have been widespread on social media and online forums, talking about numerous issues they’ve had with cold weather on their vehicles. People have complained about battery range draining and Model 3 door handles freezing up.
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| Suck Mobile |
The pro-EV lot over at InsideEVs stated frankly back in December, "Cold weather demands a long range battery" before also encouraging people to shell out more money: "...if you reside in a colder region and can afford to spring for the long-range Model 3, then come winter, you’ll be glad you made that choice."
Salim Morsy, an analyst with Bloomberg, stated: "It’s Panasonic that manufactures Tesla batteries. It’s not something specific to Tesla. It happens to Chevy with the Bolt and Nissan with the Leaf."
Additionally, the door design that Tesla used for the Model 3 as part of its appeal to be "different" continues to come back and bite owners during the winter. As we previously had noted during a cold spell in Quebec late last year, owners were having difficulty getting their handles out from their recessed spots in order to open the doors to their car. This has left some owners complaining and others writing to Tesla (or even Elon Musk on Twitter) looking for a fix.
Pro-Tesla blogger Frederic Lambert was himself unable to get into his vehicle back in November when he documented his own issues in this hilarious video in which he couldn't get into his own car:
“What’s specific to Tesla," Morsy continued, "is the quality of manufacturing.”
Meanwhile, Andrea Falcone from Boston, who bought a Model 3 about two months ago, stated on Twitter: "I can't wait all day for this silly car."
As with everything, Elon Musk tweeted that there would be an over the air software update that would address how cars are holding up in cold weather. Given that the company can’t physically readjust door handles over the air, we’re guessing the fix will wind up being something that puts further pressure on an already drained battery. And recall, back in November, we had already reported that Tesla was going to "fix" these issues with a vague software update.
In terms of that "fix", it looks as though the only thing that was addressed was the window not always coming down after the door opened. Since there are no door frames on the Model 3 doors, the window rolling down is semi-necessary to help open the door once the handle has popped out.
In the release notes of its new software improvement in late 2018, Tesla said very little:
“Window position and charge connector locking behaviors have been optimized for cold weather.”As we stated back in November, we're still waiting for Elon Musk's software update that'll stop cold weather altogether.
source zerohedge
Saturday, February 2, 2019
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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German Man Sues Over "Woman-Only" Parking Spots
In
a shocking display of male ignorance - daring to call out 'unequal'
treatment of sexes (however many of them there are today) - a German
town’s effort to emasculate itslef has seen it hauled to court by a man who claims its ‘woman-only’ parking spaces are discriminatory.
RT reports
that Dominik Bayer, 25, from North Rhine-Westphalia, appeared at a
hearing at the Administrative Court in Munich, Bavaria, on Wednesday
saying:
Bayer argued that he is fighting for “equal rights for men and women” because the signs were not only discriminatory against men, they were also offensive to women by implying they “are weaker,” reports Spiegel.
First they separate you and write books about you and degrade you. In this case badges such as yellow stars are not necessary as there is clear identification of men who are White.
Next step is to put socially unacceptable men into camps for reeducation. They will make a big deal about how the camps are actually nice and very pleasant. But that is for show.
After that is gassing and death.
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SOURCE ZH
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| No white males allowed to park. Ever. Complain and get thrown in jail. |
“I feel discriminated against as a man.”
Bayer argued that he is fighting for “equal rights for men and women” because the signs were not only discriminatory against men, they were also offensive to women by implying they “are weaker,” reports Spiegel.
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| Only white males are being cited. Muslim men, who use the spots, are not cited. |
Next step is to put socially unacceptable men into camps for reeducation. They will make a big deal about how the camps are actually nice and very pleasant. But that is for show.
After that is gassing and death.
.
“We did it purely for the reasons we don't have to share with anyone,” said Hans Bittl, head of the legal department in Eichstätt.But, Bayer countered that men can also be victims of violent crimes:
“The city does not come to mind that even men can become victims of violence... There are also small and weaker men.”A compromise was found in the end that meant the town officials were ordered to change the wording of the signs to make it clear that the reservation is only a recommendation, and not a legal rule.
SOURCE ZH
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
The fascists HATE white kids
Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann refused to
apologize for standing his ground as a native american "Vietnam veteran"
approached him banging a drum.
"I mean, in hindsight, I wish we could've walked away and avoided the whole thing. But I can't say that I'm sorry for listening to him and standing there," Sandmann told "NBC Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie in an interview which has received harsh criticism from both the left and the right.
Democrats hate those kind of people, period.
For such tolerant people, they have ZERO tolerance for their fellow countrymen, who hold different beliefs. It will not work out well for them in the end.
The Native American "Vietnam Vet" Nathan Phillips, meanwhile, has been outed for never serving in Vietnam despite repeatedly claiming to have done so, in a case of stolen valor.
Skeptics of Phillips' claim were vindicated following a correction in the Washington Post that reads: "Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War. Phillips said he served in the U.S. Marines but was never deployed to Vietnam."
Shipley adds that Phillips never served as a "recon ranger" as he has previously claimed.
As the Gateway Pundit's Cassandra Fairbanks notes, Phillips raised over $6,000 for a documentary about his life in which he claimed to be a Vietnam Veteran.
Meanwhile, the memes are flowing:
"I mean, in hindsight, I wish we could've walked away and avoided the whole thing. But I can't say that I'm sorry for listening to him and standing there," Sandmann told "NBC Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie in an interview which has received harsh criticism from both the left and the right.
Wednesday's interview evoked strong reactions - with liberals condemning NBC for interviewing Sandmann, and conservatives knocking the network for asking loaded questions.“As far as standing there, I had every right to do so. My position is that I was not disrespectful to Mr. Phillips. I respect him. I’d like to talk to him...But I can't say that I'm sorry for listening to him and standing there.” Nick Sandmann on if he owes anyone an apology pic.twitter.com/iiVqPtltjf— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 23, 2019
Do you think Pepe the Frog is available for Thursday’s show? Can Dylann Roof do a segment from prison? Heart-to-heart with some Fentanyl traffickers?— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 22, 2019
This is a despicable & leading question.— Benny (@bennyjohnson) January 22, 2019
TODAY SHOW: “You’re wrong. Why don’t you see your faults? Apologize.”
Nick: “Um, I just stood there.”
God Bless this kid for standing his ground against the SJW outrage mob that is the establishment media https://t.co/lyslqAsjpC
hat kid is wise and knows his rights, is educated, polite, and Christian, not to mention a white male.Why is Guthrie putting words in his mouth?— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 23, 2019
Listen to how she emphasizes “your own fault”
This is not the right way to treat a child. Shame on NBC https://t.co/P5VN6XoFm7
Democrats hate those kind of people, period.
For such tolerant people, they have ZERO tolerance for their fellow countrymen, who hold different beliefs. It will not work out well for them in the end.
The Native American "Vietnam Vet" Nathan Phillips, meanwhile, has been outed for never serving in Vietnam despite repeatedly claiming to have done so, in a case of stolen valor.
Skeptics of Phillips' claim were vindicated following a correction in the Washington Post that reads: "Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War. Phillips said he served in the U.S. Marines but was never deployed to Vietnam."
According to retired Navy Seal Don Shipley - whose YouTube channel is devoted to exposing stolen valor, Phillips' records reveal that he was a refrigerator technician who went AWOL several times, and who was never deployed outside of the United States.Nathan Phillips 'war hero' narrative is crumbling.— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) January 22, 2019
From WaPo: "Correction:...Phillips served in the U.S. Marines from 1972 to 1976 but was never deployed to Vietnam."https://t.co/pDOOnuyCKq
Shipley adds that Phillips never served as a "recon ranger" as he has previously claimed.
As the Gateway Pundit's Cassandra Fairbanks notes, Phillips raised over $6,000 for a documentary about his life in which he claimed to be a Vietnam Veteran.
Meanwhile, the memes are flowing:
They know where you are, how fast you drive, and they can hear all communication in the car. Supercool for police.
To Own an EV, you HAVE TO BE RICH. VERY RICH.
FROM THE INTERNET
Police in Switzerland in canton Basel bought Teslas. Obviously with poor evaluation. They regret this decision deeply, because only after bought them, they found out it doesn't meet police requirement.
E.g. a Tesla is a Laptop on wheels, so a hacker can take over control. More gas please, empty the battery or fill it up. A Tesla is connected with the company who gets every little data. The Tesla Company can take over the electronic themselves.
How to disconnect? Not possible.
They know where you are, how fast you drive, and they can hear all communication in the car. Super cool for police.
And in Switzerland with snow and temperatures below 0° Celsius, the charging takes more time, battery is empty in short time, doors can't be opened electronically. Great for gangsters in wintertime.
Now they have the problem: How to get a communication system not connected with Tesla Company or easily available for hackers.
I was going to buy a Tesla until I realized that it was really a data collection device.
FROM THE INTERNET
Police in Switzerland in canton Basel bought Teslas. Obviously with poor evaluation. They regret this decision deeply, because only after bought them, they found out it doesn't meet police requirement.
E.g. a Tesla is a Laptop on wheels, so a hacker can take over control. More gas please, empty the battery or fill it up. A Tesla is connected with the company who gets every little data. The Tesla Company can take over the electronic themselves.
How to disconnect? Not possible.
They know where you are, how fast you drive, and they can hear all communication in the car. Super cool for police.
And in Switzerland with snow and temperatures below 0° Celsius, the charging takes more time, battery is empty in short time, doors can't be opened electronically. Great for gangsters in wintertime.
Now they have the problem: How to get a communication system not connected with Tesla Company or easily available for hackers.
I was going to buy a Tesla until I realized that it was really a data collection device.
Then when it came out that the software was basically Linex (which is
actully a very robust operating system for lots of devices) but could
also be easily hacked, I changed my mind.
I cringe at the thought of a car testifying against me in traffic court because I wanted to go from 0 to 60 in three seconds in a 50mph speed zone, and has a reputation of frying the owner if something goes wrong on the highway.
BTW, what does happen to the batteries when they get old?
Porsche is a great performance car all the way around, but I'll stick with good old high octane and just enough electronic options to keep things interesting but without having to worry about my ride turning "states evidence".
I can fuel up my car for 350 miles in 5 minutes.
The Porsche Taycan is widely considered to be the "mainstream" luxury automobile market's most potent threat to the Tesla Model S. The specs for the vehicle look to be extremely impressive, not just from an EV standpoint, but from any type of "street legal" standpoint. It is said to accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in 3.5 seconds and it’ll have a top speed of over 155 mph. Its range will come in at 310 miles and it will be chargeable up to 250 miles in just over 20 minutes at a Porsche high-voltage supercharger.
Oh, and it also happens to rather impressive.
There has been an air of intrigue surrounding the Taycan since it was announced in late 2015 and it'll finally be going on sale at the end of the year this year. As we get closer to that date, we're also getting our first look at potential demand, which seems to be far exceeding Porsche's expectations.
BGR is reporting that demand is so strong that Porsche is actually doubling production to meet it. The article reveals that Porsche is going to manufacture 40,000 units per year, which is twice its initial plan of 20,000 vehicles.
I cringe at the thought of a car testifying against me in traffic court because I wanted to go from 0 to 60 in three seconds in a 50mph speed zone, and has a reputation of frying the owner if something goes wrong on the highway.
BTW, what does happen to the batteries when they get old?
Porsche is a great performance car all the way around, but I'll stick with good old high octane and just enough electronic options to keep things interesting but without having to worry about my ride turning "states evidence".
I can fuel up my car for 350 miles in 5 minutes.
The Porsche Taycan is widely considered to be the "mainstream" luxury automobile market's most potent threat to the Tesla Model S. The specs for the vehicle look to be extremely impressive, not just from an EV standpoint, but from any type of "street legal" standpoint. It is said to accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in 3.5 seconds and it’ll have a top speed of over 155 mph. Its range will come in at 310 miles and it will be chargeable up to 250 miles in just over 20 minutes at a Porsche high-voltage supercharger.
Oh, and it also happens to rather impressive.
There has been an air of intrigue surrounding the Taycan since it was announced in late 2015 and it'll finally be going on sale at the end of the year this year. As we get closer to that date, we're also getting our first look at potential demand, which seems to be far exceeding Porsche's expectations.
BGR is reporting that demand is so strong that Porsche is actually doubling production to meet it. The article reveals that Porsche is going to manufacture 40,000 units per year, which is twice its initial plan of 20,000 vehicles.
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Friday, December 28, 2018
"Everything Is Fake": Ex-Reddit CEO Confirms Internet Traffic Metrics Are Bullshit
"It's all true: Everything is fake," tweeted Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao regarding a Wednesday New York Magazine article
which reveals that internet traffic metrics from some of the largest
tech companies are overstated or fabricated. In other words; they're
bullshit.
Pao was responding to a tweet by the Washington Post's Aram Zucker-Schariff, quoting the following segment of the article:
Tell us how you really feel Max!
For starters Read notes that "Studies generally suggest that, year after year, less than 60 percent of web traffic is human." Some years, "a healthy majority of it is bot." In fact, half of all YouTube traffic in 2013 was bots according to the Times.
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| we all lie. it's what we do. all of us. we are CIA. |
"It's all true: Everything is fake," tweeted Pao, adding "Also mobile user counts are fake. No one has figured out how to count logged-out mobile users, as I learned at reddit. Every time someone switches cell towers, it looks like another user and inflates company user metrics."The metrics are fake.Take something as seemingly simple as how we measure web traffic. Metrics should be the most real thing on the internet: They are countable, trackable, and verifiable, and their existence undergirds the advertising business that drives our biggest social and search platforms. Yet not even Facebook, the world’s greatest data–gathering organization, seems able to produce genuine figures. In October, small advertisers filed suit against the social-media giant, accusing it of covering up, for a year, its significant overstatements of the time users spent watching videos on the platform (by 60 to 80 percent, Facebook says; by 150 to 900 percent, the plaintiffs say). According to an exhaustive list at MarketingLand, over the past two years Facebook has admitted to misreporting the reach of posts on Facebook Pages (in two different ways), the rate at which viewers complete ad videos, the average time spent reading its “Instant Articles,” the amount of referral traffic from Facebook to external websites, the number of views that videos received via Facebook’s mobile site, and the number of video views in Instant Articles.Can we still trust the metrics? After the Inversion, what’s the point? Even when we put our faith in their accuracy, there’s something not quite real about them: My favorite statistic this year was Facebook’s claim that 75 million people watched at least a minute of Facebook Watch videos every day — though, as Facebook admitted, the 60 seconds in that one minute didn’t need to be watched consecutively. Real videos, real people, fake minutes. -NYMag
It's all true: Everything is fake. Also mobile user counts are fake. No one has figured out how to count logged-out mobile users, as I learned at reddit. Every time someone switches cell towers, it looks like another user and inflates company user metrics https://t.co/tk1PKuvLL6— Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) December 27, 2018
The New York Magazine article by Max Read goes much deeper, however, asserting; "The people are fake" , "The businesses are fake" , "The content is fake" , "Our politics are fake," and finally "We ourselves are fake."And if an unlogged-in user uses the site on multiple devices, each device counts as a unique user— Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) December 27, 2018
Tell us how you really feel Max!
For starters Read notes that "Studies generally suggest that, year after year, less than 60 percent of web traffic is human." Some years, "a healthy majority of it is bot." In fact, half of all YouTube traffic in 2013 was bots according to the Times.
The internet has always played host in its dark corners to schools of catfish and embassies of Nigerian princes, but that darkness now pervades its every aspect: Everything that once seemed definitively and unquestionably real now seems slightly fake; everything that once seemed slightly fake now has the power and presence of the real. -NYMagAlso of interest, the Times found in their August investigation that there is a flourishing business buying clicks. In fact, one can buy 5,000 video clicks in 30-second increments - for as little as $15, with the traffic typically coming from bots or "click farms."
So what constitutes "real" traffic, Read asks?I never tire of looking at videos of Chinese click farms. It's just so surreal to see hundreds of phones playing the same video for the purposes of fake engagment. pic.twitter.com/bHAGLqRqVb— Matthew Brennan (@mbrennanchina) December 10, 2018
If a Russian troll using a Brazilian man’s photograph to masquerade as an American Trump supporter watches a video on Facebook, is that view “real”? Not only do we have bots masquerading as humans and humans masquerading as other humans, but also sometimes humans masquerading as bots, pretending to be “artificial-intelligence personal assistants,” like Facebook’s “M,” in order to help tech companies appear to possess cutting-edge AI. We even have whatever CGI Instagram influencer Lil Miquela is: a fake human with a real body, a fake face, and real influence -NYMagRead the rest here - including Max Read's thoughts on navigating a world of "deep fakes," bullshit propaganda which purports to "redpill" people to the "truth" of everything, and how utterly fake people have become.
Angela Merkel: Nation States Must "Give Up Sovereignty" To New World Order
ubmitted by Tapainfo.com
“Nation states must today be prepared to give up their sovereignty”, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who told an audience in Berlin that sovereign nation states must not listen to the will of their citizens when it comes to questions of immigration, borders, or even sovereignty.
No this wasn’t something Adolf Hitler said many decades ago, this is what German Chancellor Angela Merkel told attendants at
an event by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin. Merkel has
announced she won’t seek re-election in 2021 and it is clear she is
attempting to push the globalist agenda to its disturbing conclusion
before she stands down.
“In an orderly fashion of course,” Merkel joked, attempting to lighten the mood. But Merkel has always had a tin ear for comedy and she soon launched into a dark speech condemning those in her own party who think Germany should have listened to the will of its citizens and refused to sign the controversial UN migration pact:
“There were [politicians] who believed that they could decide when these agreements are no longer valid because they are representing The People”.
“[But] the people are individuals who are living in a country, they are not a group who define themselves as the [German] people,” she stressed.
Merkel has previously accused critics of the UN Global Compact for Safe and Orderly Migration of not being patriotic, saying “That is not patriotism, because patriotism is when you include others in German interests and accept win-win situations”.
Her words echo recent comments by the deeply unpopular French President Emmanuel Macron who stated in a Remembrance Day speech that “patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism [because] nationalism is treason.”
The French president’s words were deeply unpopular with the French population and his approval rating nosedived even further after the comments.
Macron, whose lack of leadership is proving unable to deal with growing protests in France, told the Bundestag that France and Germany should be at the center of the emerging New World Order.
“The Franco-German couple [has]the obligation not to let the world slip into chaos and to guide it on the road to peace”.
“Europe must be stronger… and win more sovereignty,” he went on to demand, just like Merkel, that EU member states surrender national sovereignty to Brussels over “foreign affairs, migration, and development” as well as giving “an increasing part of our budgets and even fiscal resources”.
“Nation states must today be prepared to give up their sovereignty”, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who told an audience in Berlin that sovereign nation states must not listen to the will of their citizens when it comes to questions of immigration, borders, or even sovereignty.
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| Just another Hildebeast in bed with Satanists |
“In an orderly fashion of course,” Merkel joked, attempting to lighten the mood. But Merkel has always had a tin ear for comedy and she soon launched into a dark speech condemning those in her own party who think Germany should have listened to the will of its citizens and refused to sign the controversial UN migration pact:
“There were [politicians] who believed that they could decide when these agreements are no longer valid because they are representing The People”.
“[But] the people are individuals who are living in a country, they are not a group who define themselves as the [German] people,” she stressed.
Merkel has previously accused critics of the UN Global Compact for Safe and Orderly Migration of not being patriotic, saying “That is not patriotism, because patriotism is when you include others in German interests and accept win-win situations”.
Her words echo recent comments by the deeply unpopular French President Emmanuel Macron who stated in a Remembrance Day speech that “patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism [because] nationalism is treason.”
The French president’s words were deeply unpopular with the French population and his approval rating nosedived even further after the comments.
Macron, whose lack of leadership is proving unable to deal with growing protests in France, told the Bundestag that France and Germany should be at the center of the emerging New World Order.
“The Franco-German couple [has]the obligation not to let the world slip into chaos and to guide it on the road to peace”.
“Europe must be stronger… and win more sovereignty,” he went on to demand, just like Merkel, that EU member states surrender national sovereignty to Brussels over “foreign affairs, migration, and development” as well as giving “an increasing part of our budgets and even fiscal resources”.
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Electric Vehicles? Really?
FROM THE INTERNET
In
order to switch just passenger cars to electric, the US would need to
increase its annual electricity production by 50 %. Understand US
electricity consumption today is roughly equal to what it was twenty
years ago, due to increases in efficiency. Adding capacity is
staggeringly expensive, and renewables are just not up to the task. Off
the top of my head, I believe the amount of additional electricity
production required to be around 2,000TWh. This compares to total
renewable production in the US (don't confuse "capacity" for actual
production) of, again off the top of my head, about 50TWh.
If the generators really believed electric cars to be the future, don't you think they would be adding capacity already? Would companies like The Southern Company not be priced in the toilet due to the massive obligations imposed by the need to build this capacity? Do you, as a rate payer, wish to pay the cost of abandoning the trillions of dollars worth of functional, oil based infrastructure in order to replicate that capacity in the electric industry?
Do you understand the ampacities involved in the charging of these vehicles? The faster you charge, the higher the ampacity. Is 400 volts at 2,000 amps really suitable for consumer products? Do you wish to charge a Tesla to 80% in 10 minutes? How about 400 volts at 5,000 amps? Is that safe? For perspective, if I installed such equipment in an industrial environment, best practice requires that I isolate the switching equipment in an entry restricted Motor Control Center. Most plants which operate such equipment require a permit and two qualified technicians to be present to even open the door to the equipment. The widespread introduction of all electric vehicles requires te availability of large scale charging stations. How about a 20 bay QuickTrip? 400 volts at 100,000 amps? 4MWhs for one installation? Does that sound feasible to you? Safe? Practical?
And we haven't even begun to address all the small delivery and service vehicles, yet. All those little six wheelers being driven by delivery outfits, plumbers, electricians and HVAC guys need to be able to fuel on demand frequently, as moving the driver is not the primary purpose.
Oh, yeah. What about the coming explosion of on demand delivery of small parcels by Amazon and on line retailers. Are those vehicles also to be electric? How much more electric production is required for that.
A wholesale switch to electric vehicles is simply impossible today, and will likely remain impractical for the forseeable future. Have fun with your electric car. They are cool as hell and fun to drive. But don't think it is the future, or that you can impose the switch by legislative fiat on an unprepared economy.
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I was at a condo agm a few weeks ago. They addressed the charging of condo owners’ future electric vehicles. They have to spring for the cost themselves. The lawyers at the meeting said that some buildings are installing a backbone for 20 vehicles, but they don’t have the infrastructure to install for more vehicles. They would need a bigger incoming transformer. The 20 tenants would have to pay 1/20th of the the cost for the backbone and then the cost of the charger. It will cost many thousands for the install and metered power to charge up every time.
***
Renters will frequently find that owning an electric is not possible, as they cannot install a charging station. As Musk's vision, and that of the bulk of the futurists who push electrification, is one of a dense urbanization, the power requirements of chargers in residential buildings becomes a hard limitation. The only way to provide the power, without encountering the limitations imposed by the wire's insulation, is to make open bus bars available, like the famed "third rail" in electrified subways. I'm not convinced this is a good idea.
***
If the generators really believed electric cars to be the future, don't you think they would be adding capacity already? Would companies like The Southern Company not be priced in the toilet due to the massive obligations imposed by the need to build this capacity? Do you, as a rate payer, wish to pay the cost of abandoning the trillions of dollars worth of functional, oil based infrastructure in order to replicate that capacity in the electric industry?
Do you understand the ampacities involved in the charging of these vehicles? The faster you charge, the higher the ampacity. Is 400 volts at 2,000 amps really suitable for consumer products? Do you wish to charge a Tesla to 80% in 10 minutes? How about 400 volts at 5,000 amps? Is that safe? For perspective, if I installed such equipment in an industrial environment, best practice requires that I isolate the switching equipment in an entry restricted Motor Control Center. Most plants which operate such equipment require a permit and two qualified technicians to be present to even open the door to the equipment. The widespread introduction of all electric vehicles requires te availability of large scale charging stations. How about a 20 bay QuickTrip? 400 volts at 100,000 amps? 4MWhs for one installation? Does that sound feasible to you? Safe? Practical?
And we haven't even begun to address all the small delivery and service vehicles, yet. All those little six wheelers being driven by delivery outfits, plumbers, electricians and HVAC guys need to be able to fuel on demand frequently, as moving the driver is not the primary purpose.
Oh, yeah. What about the coming explosion of on demand delivery of small parcels by Amazon and on line retailers. Are those vehicles also to be electric? How much more electric production is required for that.
A wholesale switch to electric vehicles is simply impossible today, and will likely remain impractical for the forseeable future. Have fun with your electric car. They are cool as hell and fun to drive. But don't think it is the future, or that you can impose the switch by legislative fiat on an unprepared economy.
***
I was at a condo agm a few weeks ago. They addressed the charging of condo owners’ future electric vehicles. They have to spring for the cost themselves. The lawyers at the meeting said that some buildings are installing a backbone for 20 vehicles, but they don’t have the infrastructure to install for more vehicles. They would need a bigger incoming transformer. The 20 tenants would have to pay 1/20th of the the cost for the backbone and then the cost of the charger. It will cost many thousands for the install and metered power to charge up every time.
***
Renters will frequently find that owning an electric is not possible, as they cannot install a charging station. As Musk's vision, and that of the bulk of the futurists who push electrification, is one of a dense urbanization, the power requirements of chargers in residential buildings becomes a hard limitation. The only way to provide the power, without encountering the limitations imposed by the wire's insulation, is to make open bus bars available, like the famed "third rail" in electrified subways. I'm not convinced this is a good idea.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Put on the Whole Armor of Yahua
Casting out demons
This is how you deal with these devils and recall Ephesians. I could give you dozens of examples of the effect of this heartfelt prayer in public, against gang stalking satanists. YOU ARE DOING THEM A FAVOR, as it isn't against the person, but the demonic presence with them. This is good and holy work.
This is for all of our Father's elect, put on the whole armor of Yahua, the Torah.
As per Matthew 24, that which I bind on Earth, will be bound in Heaven.
Yahua bene Elohim...I ask and pray on the name and blood of Yeshua that all enemies of you, Yeshua, and ourselves, your sons of Yahua, be protected from all attacks, both human and demonic. That you send them to the dry places, cut the cords between them and the dark principalities in High places, and banish them to Sheol. Return to all those who cast spells, serve darkness, practice deception, and otherwise engage in all manner of wickedness against us here this day and all days. return to them 100 fold and manner of making, curses, spells, and craft sent against us. I ask this on the name and blood of Yeshua, which as commanded whence so asked, will be honored. Thank you in abundance for your protection and blessings. Amen.
I ask and pray in the name of Yeshua, our King and on whose blood we are redeemed and made children of Yahuah, that all magic, making, spells, hexes, and sacrifices AGAINST MYSELF AND FAMILY, be turned back against all witches and covens.
MATTHEW 9:37-38
37Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the laborers [are] few; 38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
The satanic deep state NWO hates President Trump because he is unwinding their black agendas of war, slavery, and poverty - and moral corruption.
Trump is the real deal, one of those rare, irresistible
forces of political nature who, by sheer exertion of will, character and
– dare I say it – genius, ascends the misty mountaintops despite, or
because of, the powerful forces aligned against him. In other
words, the Trump phenomenon is an open window of opportunity to salvage
what is left of the American political system, and the elite, fully
aware as to what is at stake, is doing everything to destroy it.
The reason for belonging to the second camp of thought is twofold.
First, if Trump truly were just another political cutout in the Republican-Democrat, two-party dichotomy, the mainstream media would not be so fiercely committed to destroying this man and everything he stands for. It’s no exaggeration to say that never before in US history has a political leader attracted so much vitriolic, spleen-bursting venom from the so-called Fourth Estate, itself just another compromised arm of the deep state. Not only is he vilified 24/7 in nearly every mainstream media outlet, with Fox News as perhaps the only major exception, the attacks continue when the sun goes down and the merchants of late-night ‘comedy’ take over, spinning their tired anti-Trump ‘jokes’ night after shameless night. When has comedy in America ever been so mean-spirited? The same could be said of Hollywood, where the award ceremonies have turned into marathon hate rallies. Meanwhile, even across the pond in Britain the anti-Trump crusade continues, which seems rather odd given that a foreign country would be expected to present a more balanced version of reality. This concerted attack on one individual suggests something more than hate and loathing; it has the smell of palpable fear.
Another reason to believe that Trump is the real deal is because if he were just another political stooge, doing the bidding of special interests, then certainly we’d have been at war by now. It is easy to forget since the media never mentions it, but America has not experienced such a dry spell in full-blown military action like this for many years, since Barack and Hillary destroyed the most developed country in Africa and called it a peace.
And who could forget how giddy the establishment became last
year when Trump gave them their first taste of bloodshed with a limited
missile strike on Syria? Hopeful of a military conflict,
neo-Liberal wolves in sheep clothing, like CNN analyst Fareed Zakaria
who declared that “Trump became president last night” following the
unauthorized strike on the sovereign state. MSNBC anchor Brian Williams,
not to be outdone, referred to the “beauty” of the nighttime airstrike
three times in 30 seconds.
Today, the ‘peace-loving’ Liberals have once again betrayed their true colors, not to mention masters, by rebuking Trump for having the audacity to bring our troops home from a warzone.
Does all of this mean that Trump – who may have been compelled to withdraw from Syria as an act of vengeance against the Deep State for not only pursuing him with ‘Russiagate’ for the last two years, but for refusing to fund his Mexican Wall - will continue to endorse non-military solutions to global problems? Not at all. In fact, we may actually live to see more militaristic mayhem under this president than from his predecessors.
Already, the situation between Ukraine and Russia, for example, where Kiev is deliberately provoking Moscow, looks ripe for some sort of escalation of events that could trigger a chain reaction of unfathomable consequences.
Whatever the case may be, one thing looks certain right now, and that is Trump’s newfound desire to unilaterally call the shots in his presidency. The Deep State must now be rightly wondering what Trump could do next: order the US military to build his wall on the Mexico border? Initiate indictments against the Clinton Foundation over “pay to play” allegations, among other things? Shut down the Federal Reserve and bring back the US Treasury to print America’s money supply, as called for in the US Constitution? Everything is now on the table as far as Trump’s options go, and that must certainly be of no small concern to the powers-that-be in Washington DC.
source zerohedge
The reason for belonging to the second camp of thought is twofold.
First, if Trump truly were just another political cutout in the Republican-Democrat, two-party dichotomy, the mainstream media would not be so fiercely committed to destroying this man and everything he stands for. It’s no exaggeration to say that never before in US history has a political leader attracted so much vitriolic, spleen-bursting venom from the so-called Fourth Estate, itself just another compromised arm of the deep state. Not only is he vilified 24/7 in nearly every mainstream media outlet, with Fox News as perhaps the only major exception, the attacks continue when the sun goes down and the merchants of late-night ‘comedy’ take over, spinning their tired anti-Trump ‘jokes’ night after shameless night. When has comedy in America ever been so mean-spirited? The same could be said of Hollywood, where the award ceremonies have turned into marathon hate rallies. Meanwhile, even across the pond in Britain the anti-Trump crusade continues, which seems rather odd given that a foreign country would be expected to present a more balanced version of reality. This concerted attack on one individual suggests something more than hate and loathing; it has the smell of palpable fear.
Another reason to believe that Trump is the real deal is because if he were just another political stooge, doing the bidding of special interests, then certainly we’d have been at war by now. It is easy to forget since the media never mentions it, but America has not experienced such a dry spell in full-blown military action like this for many years, since Barack and Hillary destroyed the most developed country in Africa and called it a peace.
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| Kimmel...satanic wanker |
Today, the ‘peace-loving’ Liberals have once again betrayed their true colors, not to mention masters, by rebuking Trump for having the audacity to bring our troops home from a warzone.
Does all of this mean that Trump – who may have been compelled to withdraw from Syria as an act of vengeance against the Deep State for not only pursuing him with ‘Russiagate’ for the last two years, but for refusing to fund his Mexican Wall - will continue to endorse non-military solutions to global problems? Not at all. In fact, we may actually live to see more militaristic mayhem under this president than from his predecessors.
Already, the situation between Ukraine and Russia, for example, where Kiev is deliberately provoking Moscow, looks ripe for some sort of escalation of events that could trigger a chain reaction of unfathomable consequences.
Whatever the case may be, one thing looks certain right now, and that is Trump’s newfound desire to unilaterally call the shots in his presidency. The Deep State must now be rightly wondering what Trump could do next: order the US military to build his wall on the Mexico border? Initiate indictments against the Clinton Foundation over “pay to play” allegations, among other things? Shut down the Federal Reserve and bring back the US Treasury to print America’s money supply, as called for in the US Constitution? Everything is now on the table as far as Trump’s options go, and that must certainly be of no small concern to the powers-that-be in Washington DC.
source zerohedge
Buggles to all and to all, a good day!
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| Today is NOT Yeshua's birthday. However, any time you honor the sacrifice, is a good day. |
Monday, December 24, 2018
Gay bars using 10 year old boys to strip
When they trot out the little boys...the fag bars are PACKED with gay pedophiles. Packed. Of course, these young boys come from gay marriage couples who adopt, with the blessing of the state, and sign performance waivers for the young boy. Turns out, for a very high fee, you get to spend some time with the boy behind the curtains.
Here is your satanic/liberal utopia. Destroying the lives of young children as pedo-parents adopt children and raise them as mentally ill prostitutes.
This is the big rage with fag bars. This is happening in every single city that has at least, one fag bar.
Ten year old boys...
And these liberal freaks think THEY have the high ground?
There was a time, when we actually cared about this kind of thing, when all involved would be thrown in jail for a thousand years. Now they are celebrated as being "progressive."
White slavery is white slavery, and here is your proof it not only goes on, but its lauded by liberal governments everywhere.
Here is your satanic/liberal utopia. Destroying the lives of young children as pedo-parents adopt children and raise them as mentally ill prostitutes.
This is the big rage with fag bars. This is happening in every single city that has at least, one fag bar.
Ten year old boys...
And these liberal freaks think THEY have the high ground?
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| Your mother sold you into slavery and your globohomo pedo-parents took it from there. |
There was a time, when we actually cared about this kind of thing, when all involved would be thrown in jail for a thousand years. Now they are celebrated as being "progressive."
White slavery is white slavery, and here is your proof it not only goes on, but its lauded by liberal governments everywhere.
Sunday, December 23, 2018
A fellow awakened soul writes
posted
Hello,
This
video about YouTuber Matt Christiansen talking with Patreon’s
Jacqueline Hart has convinced me to close my Patreon account ASAP.
This
discussion with an employee of Patreon is deeply disturbing on many
levels. Patreon is (or was) a very simple service. A way for creative
people to receive funds from backers. My Patreon backers provided
initial funding for my IRON SIGHTS graphic novel (and received a free
PDF of the book as a reward).
But Patreon
has made the stupid decision to jump on the SJW bandwagon in order to
appease zealots. Patreon is now investigating and punishing people who
use their platform. Not just for their behavior on the platform, but for
all of their behavior in their entire life. This is ridiculous. I don't
remember joining a religion when I signed up for this platform. I never
noticed anyone at Patreon holding any sort of unquestionable moral
authority. They are a simple financial service. Or at least they were.
Jordan Peterson has announced that he is launching an apolitical replacement for Patreon soon.
He
says it will launch within a week or month, but it may take longer. I
don't care. I'm leaving Patreon at the end of the month (or sooner). I
just wanted to give my backers the chance to un-back me first. Several
of my backers have already done so and they wrote to me to explain they
were leaving because of the actions of Patreon, not for anything I did.
Thank
you to everyone who has backed me on Patreon since I started this
account in Summer of 2017. I appreciate you all and hope to see you on
the replacement that Jordan Peterson cooks up.
Thank you,
Richard
So...it begins
Our Spiritual World: The Angel that is also a Star...in ...: This is what you get when you get a really good zoom on a camera or a telescope, or both. The twinkling sta...
Saturday, December 22, 2018
In Muslim countries, Christians are crucified...daily...for giggles
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| And passersby are encouraged to torture them. It's, oddly enough, the women that are the most vicious. |
The Daily Messenger: Domestic Terrorism Bill Targets Patriot Groups and...
The Daily Messenger: Domestic Terrorism Bill Targets Patriot Groups and...: Their Goal is to label all violent deaths of brown race people, Muslims and Jews as Acts of Terror by “White Supremacist Patriots”, inclu...
Passengers Killed on Crashed Russian Plane Include CFO of Rosatom/UraniumOne and Russian Source for Christopher Steele's "Dossier" against Trump
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Witches vs Christian women
Be honest.
Which girl would you want your son to bring home to meet the parents?
The nasty, blood drinking, dildo and orgy banging, hideous examples of a worst kind of carnival freak show OR a smart, pretty, well-groomed and clean cut young lady with a future?
If you have to think about it, then it's time to start rethinking your life.
Seriously
DB
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| I'd say the satanic agenda has done its job. But, NORMAL men and women are having none of it. |
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| The 50 year plan is near completion, they have all but banned the bible and Christians from the west. And replaced it with nasty gay and lesbian hookers with no shame |
The Daily Messenger: Proof that (satanism) liberalism really is a menta...
The Daily Messenger: Proof that (satanism) liberalism really is a menta...: Wife has affair with another man, soy-boy raises child. wife continues to have affair, no kidding, so she can "express herself and ...
Friday, December 21, 2018
Full Moon and Witches sabbath of Yule...
And sure enough, the safe house next door is occupied by lesbian witches. As it always is.
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| Which lesbian is the freak? ...or is it both? |
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Trump ends two separate wars we are involved in: Syria and Afghanistan
Finally.
After 17 long years with no end in sight.
We are finally ending our wars of commercial exploitation in Syria and Afghanistan. Both highly illegal, lied to get in wars, that only controlled the heroin trade for the CIA and the other, to please Israel and Globalist plans.
Trump has done what JFK would have done had they CIA and the satanic cabal hadn't killed him.
God bless you for being a peacemaker, Mr. President.
After 17 long years with no end in sight.
We are finally ending our wars of commercial exploitation in Syria and Afghanistan. Both highly illegal, lied to get in wars, that only controlled the heroin trade for the CIA and the other, to please Israel and Globalist plans.
Trump has done what JFK would have done had they CIA and the satanic cabal hadn't killed him.
God bless you for being a peacemaker, Mr. President.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Monday, December 17, 2018
Why Everything You Think You Know About the Lincoln Assassination is Wrong: Part II
I
know what you must be thinking here: “How the hell could you leave
Francis Tumblety out of the previous post? Compared to him, guys like
Boston Corbett, Henry Rathbone and Edwin Stanton seem perfectly sane.
And whose name was in the news in a weirder way in the years following
the assassination than the esteemed Dr. Francis Tumblety? And in
addition, doesn’t he deserve honorable mention for the ridiculous facial
hair alone?”
I can’t really argue much with any of
that. I think it was probably a subconscious omission so that I would
have something really good to start this post with. Because as stories
go, the Francis Tumblety story is pretty damn good. And seriously
strange. But before getting to that, I must also quickly add Father
Wiget to the list. Not much can be dug up on him other than that he was
assigned as Mary Surrat’s spiritual adviser during the brief period that
she sat in her cell waiting to be executed, and he died shortly
thereafter.
Moving on now to the man of the hour,
Francis Tumblety was arrested on May 5, 1865, on suspicion of being
complicit in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Tumblety was an
associate of – and by some reports a sometime employer of – executed
conspirator David Herold. His arrest was ordered by Secretary of War
Edwin Stanton. To be fair to Tumblety though, it should be noted that he
was only one of some 2,000 people who were arrested as possible
conspirators. That’s how things work in a democracy, you see – falsely
imprison first, ask questions later.
The esteemed Dr. Francis Tumblety
In
any event, Tumblety was held for nearly a month before being released
on May 30, 1865. Prior to his arrest, he had lived a very colorful life.
Born circa 1833 and raised in New York, Tumblety was widely viewed as a
charlatan and a kook. While still a minor, he reportedly peddled
pornographic materials. He soon transformed into a quack “Indian herb
doctor” who was run out of various parts of the country for running
cons. In one reported case, he was directly involved in the death of a
‘patient,’ though he suffered no repercussions for his actions.
According to one account, he kept a collection of human uteruses on
display in his Washington, DC home.
Some
twenty-three years after his arrest in Washington, Tumblety took up
lodging in, of all places, a boardinghouse in London’s Whitechapel
district. He was identified at that time, and has been identified by
various researchers since that time, as being a prime suspect in the
still unsolved Jack the Ripper murders. Following an arrest on November
7, 1888 for “gross indecency,” Tumblety fled the country on November 20
under an assumed name and quickly made his way back to the US, where he
died some five years later.
What are the odds, one
wonders, that the very same guy would be suspected of involvement in two
such completely different and seemingly unconnected crimes? Two crimes
separated by a vast ocean and the passage of nearly two-and-a-half
decades? Probably about the same odds that a guy like John Phillips would have connections to both the Black Dahlia murder and the Manson bloodbath.
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Pictured
below is the single-shot derringer that, according to the legend we all
know so well, John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate President Abraham
Lincoln. One of the most iconic pieces of historical memorabilia that
this country has to offer, it has been displayed for decades, viewed by
millions, and written about by thousands. But after the passage of 149
years, it doesn’t appear that anyone has ever thought to question why
Booth, an intelligent and educated man by all accounts, would choose
such a ridiculous weapon to take with him on his mission.
Let’s
imagine that it is the evening of April 14, 1865, and you are John
Wilkes Booth. Your mission is to assassinate the president. In a crowded
theater. In the middle of Washington, which, at the time, is heavily
fortified and militarized. Because there is, you know, a war going on.
And the enemy’s base of operations – in Richmond, Virginia – is only 100
miles away. So the nation’s capital is crawling with armed military
personnel, armed police patrols, and armed thugs in the employ of Baker
and Stanton.
Your mission then is not going to be
an easy one. The president is under armed guard, or at least he’s
supposed to be. He’s also supposed to be in the company of General
Ulysses S. Grant, who is known to always be armed. Of course, Grant has
fortuitously opted to get the hell out of Dodge just hours before he was
to have accompanied the Lincolns to the theater, but you shouldn’t have
any way of knowing that, just as you shouldn’t have any way of knowing
that Parker will desert his post. And there will be no shortage of other
armed personnel in Ford’s Theater, including Army Captain Theodore
McGowan (no relation), who is seated very near the door to Lincoln’s box
seats.
So you have to assume that you’re going to
have to get past at least two armed attendants, and probably more, to
get to the president. And you’re going to have to do that without firing
a shot, since you only have one and you will need to save that for Abe.
And since the only realistic chance you have of actually
killing Lincoln with your wildly inaccurate weapon is by sneaking up
behind him and delivering a contact wound to his head, you’re going to
have to get past any guards without making any noise. And since Grant is
supposedly also on the hit list, you’re going to have to kill him as
well, which I guess you’ll have to do by bludgeoning him with your empty
gun. That should work out pretty well.
Ford’s Theater, circa 1865
You’re
not on a suicide mission, by the way, so even if you somehow manage to
successfully assassinate the president, and presumably General Grant as
well, you’re still going to have some major problems on your hands.
First of all, you’re going to have to make your escape from a theater
full of people, many of them armed. Because in April 1865, the beginning
of the era that will be mythologized as the ‘Wild West’ days, there are
guns everywhere and everyone is packing heat. And you, of course, will
have blown your wad and will be unarmed.
If you
somehow manage to make your way out of the theater, then you will face
the daunting prospect of making your way out of the city and across
the Potomac. And as I may have mentioned, DC is swarming with armed
soldiers, armed spies and armed police, as well as armed citizens. And
your only means of defending yourself will be with a dagger, which
probably isn’t going to be very effective.
Your
goal is to reach the Navy Yard Bridge, which will get you across
the Potomac and to relative safety. But even if you reach it, you’ve
still got a big hurdle to overcome: the bridge has a strict curfew and
the armed guard is under standing orders not to allow anyone to cross
without explicit authorization. If you attempt to cross without anyway,
you will be shot. A gun might come in handy, but you won’t have one.
The Navy Yard Bridge, John Wilkes Booth’s passage out of town
To
recap then, you have set a very ambitious goal for yourself. You must
first get to the president, who is sitting in a private box in a crowded
theater with at least two armed attendants. You must then kill the
president with a single shot, because your weapon doesn’t allow for
second chances, and also somehow kill General Grant. You must then, in
an unarmed state, make an escape first from the theater and then from
the city, and you must get past an armed guard at the bridge. And you
have to do all of that with just one bullet. It’s hard to see how
anything could go wrong with such a brilliant plan.
Of
course, it doesn’t have to be this way. There are other weapons
available. Weapons better suited to your mission. And as an alleged
Southern operative, you should surely know that. It was, after all,
Confederate guerilla groups that pioneered the shock-and-awe tactic of
using overwhelming force in the form of multiple revolvers. We’ve all
seen images of Wild West gunslingers riding hard with their reins in
their teeth, six-shooters blazing in both hands. It’s only natural to
dismiss such images as a hackneyed Hollywood creation. But strangely
enough, it’s actually not. Rebel groups like Mosby’s Rangers and
Quantrill’s Raiders really did train to do exactly that. And they wore
custom-made holsters that could hold as many as six revolvers, three on
each side. That allowed them to get off as many as 36 shots before their
overwhelmed Union adversaries, armed with muskets, could reload and get
off so much as a second shot.
Those semi-mythical
figures in American history that we know as Frank and Jesse James, and
Jim, Bob, John and Cole Younger, and Bill, Grat, Bob and Emmett Dalton,
learned the skills they later employed as Wild West ‘outlaws’ while
riding with the likes of William Quantrill and “Bloody Bill” Anderson.
But that’s not really the point here – the point here is that revolvers
are easy to come by and might serve you better than a nearly-worthless
single-shot derringer. And according to the official story, you
definitely have access to at least two of them (pictured below).
There
are other things you might want to consider as well, such as not
committing the crime as John Wilkes Booth. You are, after all, a famous
stage actor, which means that you are also a wardrobe and makeup guy.
Because in your era, you and your contemporaries have to handle those
duties yourselves, so you travel with a couple large trunks full of
stuff like wigs and fake beards. You could easily don a convincing
disguise so as not to be easily recognized. Then you don’t have to worry
about getting out of the city alive; all you have to do is make it out
of the theater, quickly ditch the disguise, and then you can circle
around and rejoin the crowd at Ford’s without arousing any suspicion at
all.
And you do, after all, have a lot at stake.
Even if you manage to make an escape from DC, your lifestyle and career
will be distant memories. All the fame, all the female adoration, all
the success, all the wealth … it will all be gone if you commit the
crime as John Wilkes Booth. So you might want to put on a disguise. And
replace that derringer with a revolver or two. And maybe bring an
accomplice or two along for additional firepower. You have quite a few
co-conspirators to choose from.
You also might want
to reconsider whether Ford’s Theater is the best place to do this.
According to numerous historians, Lincoln has a bad habit of ignoring
advice from aides and strolling around Washington unescorted at times,
leaving him seriously vulnerable. That might make it a bit easier to
successfully pull this off.
Fanny Brown, one of Booth’s many paramours
In
summary then, your best bet is probably to make the attempt
on Lincoln’s life when he is alone and unprotected. And you should
probably bring along some more impressive firepower, just in case. If
you are determined to do it in the theater, you should don a disguise
and bring along a couple other gunmen in case one or more of you are
killed or physically prevented from reaching the president. The dumbest
thing you could probably do would be to go it alone, as John Wilkes
Booth, and arm yourself only with a derringer. But I guess you can’t
argue with success … right?
Meanwhile, one of your
comrades-in-arms, Lewis Paine/Payne/Powell, has a difficult task ahead
of him as well. His goal is to kill Lincoln’s Secretary of State,
William Seward, who is recuperating at his stately manor in the heart of
DC after being severely injured in a fall from a horse-drawn carriage
just nine days earlier. Seward had suffered a broken lower jaw, a
fractured right arm, torn ligaments in his foot, and heavy bruising over
much of his body.
The 63-year-old secretary is
therefore physically vulnerable, but assassinating him is still not
going to be easy. For starters, Paine is going to have to gain access to
the estate. Then he’s going to have to find Seward without knowing the
layout of the home or which floor or which of the many rooms the
secretary is in. And he’s going to have to get past a lot of people,
because there are no less than eight other able-bodied adults in the
home, five of them men, two of whom are military personnel. And there
are readily accessible weapons in the home. And, as I may have
mentioned, there are armed patrols all over the city, and they are quite
capable of quickly responding to any signs of a disturbance at the
Secretary of State’s residence.
The rear view of Ford’s Theater and ‘Baptist Alley’
The
attack on Seward has been all but written out of our history books, but
in 1865 it was portrayed as an integral component of the plot
against Lincoln, particularly during the show trial of the alleged
conspirators. It is now mentioned only in passing, if at all. Which is
probably because the story doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
In
the home are: William Seward, the injured Secretary of State; William
Bell, Seward’s black servant; Frederick Seward, William’s son as well as
his Assistant Secretary of State; Major Augustus Seward, another son
and a career Army officer (who will be promoted in a few weeks to
lieutenant colonel); Private George Robinson, Seward’s personal
attendant (who will be promoted to sergeant in a few weeks); Emerick
Hansell, a US State Department courier; Frances Seward, the secretary’s
wife (who will be dead very soon); Fanny Seward, his daughter (who will
be dead fairly soon); and, finally, the wife of one of the Seward sons.
Payne
of course is going it alone, just like Booth, for reasons that have
apparently never required an explanation. The five able-bodied men in
the house, at least a couple of whom are likely armed, will pose a
physical challenge. The three women will pose less of a physical threat,
but one or more of them are very likely to run out into the street to
summon any nearby patrols. And just the fact that there are so many
people in the way will make it extremely difficult for Powell to control
the situation.
Another of Booth’s paramours, this one unidentified
Paine’s
mission is not unlike Booth’s; he must enter the building, work his way
past any resistance to get to his target, take out his target, work his
way back out of the building past any resistance, and then somehow find
his way out of Washington. But unlike Booth, Payne won’t have even a
single bullet to work with. Instead, he is going in armed only with a
bludgeon and a knife. And he’ll be coming out with nothing but the
clothes on his back.
Technically speaking, he will
be carrying a gun, but it doesn’t work and so is only useful as a
bludgeon. In a city overflowing with guns, Paine has chosen to bring one
that doesn’t work. Which means that, luckily for the Sewards, no one is
going to die.
Paine though is going to leave quite
a trail of destruction once he enters the estate, which sits just a
half-dozen blocks from Ford’s Theater. Frederick Seward will be left
gravely injured, with his head reportedly split open and his skull
fractured in two places. Major Augustus Seward will also receive severe
head injuries, with one report claiming that he was half scalped.
Private Robinson will also be seriously wounded, with deep stab wounds
to his chest. Emerick Hansell will receive at least one deep, very
serious chest wound as well. Fanny Seward will be wounded as well, in
some unspecified manner. And William Seward – who is lying in bed on his
back, unable to defend himself – will be brutally stabbed about the
head and neck, but will, despite his already weakened condition,
miraculously survive.
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It
is difficult to believe that the attack on Secretary of State Seward
ever took place at all. Lewis Paine supposedly gravely wounded six
people in hand-to-hand combat, four of them able-bodied men, and yet, as
photos taken soon after his arrest just days later reveal, he didn’t
have so much as a scratch on him. He supposedly left his hat, gun and
knife behind, creating a handy evidence trail, but why would he leave
his only weapons behind? He also allegedly left a bloodstained coat with
gloves and a fake moustache in the pocket in the woods just outside of
DC. Lewis Paine was apparently a very considerate attempted assassin.
Lewis Paine, April 1865
The
descriptions of the conditions of the victims came from the first three
people to conveniently arrive at the crime scene: Secretary of War
Edwin Stanton, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, and Surgeon General
Joseph Barnes. You know, just your typical first responders. None of
them reported seeing Augustus there. Stanton initially claimed that only
William Seward, Fred Seward and George Robinson were injured; Augustus
Seward, Emerick Hansell and Fanny Seward were later added to the victim
list, apparently so that the prosecution would have suitable witnesses.
It was an entire month before Fanny Seward came forward with her account
of the attack.
Augustus was later presented at
trial as both a victim of and an eyewitness to the attack – the attack
that very likely didn’t take place, in the home he wasn’t actually in at
the time. His testimony was wildly at odds with that of Robinson, with
both men claiming that they had been in the room and personally
witnessed the attack on William Seward. Not only did their accounts
significantly differ, but neither really explained why it was that with
the two of them in the room, and with Frederick and Hansell in the home
as well, they were unable to defend the secretary.
This remarkable image of Paine, captured in April 1865, has been lovingly colorized
It
is impossible to determine whether the alleged attack ever took place,
but it appears extremely unlikely. It does not seem logistically
possible for one barely armed man to have done what Paine is supposed to
have done. And it doesn’t seem physically possible for him to have done
so without sustaining a single visible injury. There is no tangible
evidence that Paine ever entered the home. The only ‘evidence’ that has
ever existed is the dubious (and conflicting) accounts told by the
alleged victims and by the high-ranking cabinet officials who just
happened to be first on the scene.
Let’s now
briefly review the key elements of this story: two assassins; three
targets; numerous people to get through to get to those targets;
numerous other people to get by to flee the scene; a city essentially
under martial law; and one – exactly one – bullet. Anyone see anything
wrong with that scenario?
… to be continued
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