Mid Week Meme Dump

3 – I got zero

13 – The original Captain Marvel was a man; Disney made it woke. I’m surprised she wasn’t a lesbian also. Knowing Disney, she should have been anything but a white person

The real-life ways bad advice from AI bots is sending people to the ER with everything from anal pain to mini-strokes

Anal pain, really? I use AI quite a bit. I find that while ChatGPT is probably the most popular, I get the worst results, other than for coding. Even then, I don’t trust it. There are many options available, so choose your own. I use multiple, but stay away from this one

Here’s your butt story:

Consulting AI for medical advice can quite literally be a pain in the butt, as one millennial learned the hard way.

The unidentified man tried to crudely strangle a gruesome growth on his anus, becoming one of several victims of AI-powered health guidance gone terribly wrong in the process.

Many documented cases confirm that generative AI has provided harmful, incomplete or inaccurate health advice since becoming widely available in 2022.

“A lot of patients will come in, and they will challenge their [doctor] with some output that they have, a prompt that they gave to, let’s say, ChatGPT,” Dr. Darren Lebl, research service chief of spine surgery for the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, told The Post.

“The problem is that what they’re getting out of those AI programs is not necessarily a real, scientific recommendation with an actual publication behind it,” added Lebl, who has studied AI usage in medical diagnosis and treatment. “About a quarter of them were … made up.”

More, if you dare here

Headlines: SNAP Running Out Of Money, Danes Hate White People, Germany In Economic Hell, AI The Weak Link In Cybersecurity, Stephen King Steps In Dog Shit Again Over TDS…..and more

Celebtards

TDS-Suffering Author Stephen King’s Nasty Social Media Attack on Trump Spectacularly Backfires After Users Notice a Blatant Error on His Part – This asshole doesn’t know when to shut up. He gets trolled every time he tweets because they’re so stupid. Maybe all the scary characters in his books are based on himself.

Government Corruption

Government Shutdown: SNAP Is Running Out of Money, Democrats Angry Illegal Aliens No Longer Qualify – Well, at least they told us what they stand for, anybody not an American.

Denmark

Danish Commercial Warns White Citizens About Breeding With Other Whites – Doesn’t anyone learn from history? I’m sure there is either a joke or they are just finding a way to dumb down the nation faster than it already is. You have a population of New Danes already; they are called Muslims. Do you know what the average Muslim IQ is? Good luck with that one. Besides, blondes have more fun. No telling what you get when your face is covered by a blanket.

Germany

Germany Blows Up Last Nuclear Plant Towers While Economy Collapses – putting a bet on the wrong energy source. Who one, believed in the climate scam and 2, actually got the country to buy off on it. It proves again that people don’t learn from history.

Germany, Teil Zwei (Part 2)

Germany’s Geopolitical Freefall: Beijing Shows Berlin The Red Card – Should have never gone green, or put the girls in charge. It’s been downhill ever since

Commies in NYC,

‘Imagine That’: 24 Years After 9/11, Democrats Are Running A Jihadi Communist For NYC Mayor – Hard to believe we’ve fallen this far. I guess propaganda works or education is that bad.

Education

These Are The World’s Most Educated Populations – proves the Muslim IQ issue above. It also makes me wonder why the aforementioned dumbass moves.

Artificial Intelligence

How AI Is Becoming Weak Link In Cybersecurity – for now it’s a tool. Good guys use it for good things, bad guys for bad things.

Who Were The No Kings Protesters?

Psychotherapist explains why No Kings rallies consisted of mostly women after photos of woke white protesters went viral – Why is it always the Liberal White women ruining our lives?

King Charles III Dedicates Britain’s First National Memorial to LGBTQ+ Troops – I think the appropriate British Term is what a wanker.

Europe

Europe’s Financial Suicide – Don’t come looking to Trump for help after a decade of trashing him.

Climate Scam Hell

Analysis: ‘The Catholic Church’s Climate Hell’ – They went through this with Luther. It shows people don’t learn from history. You are supposed to worship the Creator, not the creation. Why do they keep straying from Sola Scriptura?

Energy

Westinghouse to Invest up to $100B in Nuclear Reactors – all of a sudden, the AI boom needs what really is clean energy, not a bunch of bird and bat killing wind or Solar farms.

Health

Cancer Rates Climb Among Young Adults in Corn Belt – Round up will rival smoking as a killer soon, only this time they aren’t putting warnings on the pack

Does high protein hurt the heart?

By Dr. Philip Ovaida

As a heart surgeon, one of my favorite mantras is “hit your protein goal.” That’s because many of the patients who walk into my office see enormous metabolic improvements just by swapping dietary carbs for protein.

But maybe you’ve seen research talking about the unhealthiness of high-protein diets. Will getting rid of carbs increase your risk of a heart attack? Or will the amino acids in meat trigger cardiovascular disease?

From a purely scientific standpoint, probably not.

But I’ll go through the research so you can decide for yourself.

What science says about protein and the heart

Let’s start with the studies sounding the alarm about getting ‘too much’ protein in your diet.

One posited that eating more than 22% of your calories from protein could raise cardiovascular and metabolic health risks.

Another found that “high-protein diets increase cardiovascular risk by activating macrophage mTOR to suppress mitophagy.” In other words, that high protein intake could overstimulate certain immune cells, leading to artery damage and higher cardiovascular risk.

Here’s a quick breakdown of their hypotheses:

Eating a large amount of protein in one sitting raises amino acid levels in your blood.
Those amino acids collect in artery plaque, or the fatty buildups that encourage atherosclerosis.
Inside the plaque, amino acids activate a signaling pathway in immune cells called macrophages (specifically called the mTOR pathway).
When this happens, types of white blood cells called macrophages stop clearing out damaged parts of cells.
These damaged cells die off, which makes artery plaque more unstable. This means it could rupture and cause heart attacks or strokes.

So researchers concluded eating more than 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight could be harmful to your heart.

Now, before you start wondering if going vegan is your only option, I’d like to point out a few limitations.

Most studies don’t control for the type of protein consumed. After all, there’s a big difference between eating a grilled chicken breast and a 10-count chicken nugget meal from a fast food franchise. Food quality matters, especially with protein, although many studies neglect this or don’t define it explicitly in their results.
Many mechanistic studies use isolated amino acids such as leucine or protein powders to measure protein impacts. However, we know the body doesn’t process amino acids from a whole steak or lentils the same way it processes them from supplements. Leucine in these studies may not act the same way in whole, real foods, since fiber, fat, and other nutrients slow absorption and change digestive impacts.
Mice don’t develop heart disease the same way humans do, so what causes atherosclerosis in mice doesn’t always translate to people. Look back at that study hypothesizing a higher risk of atherosclerosis from high protein. That number was present in a cohort of mice, not people.
Increased signaling in immune cells isn’t the same as a greater number of heart attacks or plaque buildup in the body. As one study found: “protein ingestion has a negligible impact on whole-body amino acid oxidation.” Biological reactions may not always translate to risk.

For all these reasons, among many others, we lack concrete data to say high-protein diets are “bad” for the heart. High protein may actually be critical to those recovering from heart attacks or reclaiming metabolic health.

One study found that high-protein diets improve weight loss, reduce triglycerides, and improve HDL cholesterol, all of which are protective for the heart.

We also also know people lose muscle mass and bone density due to inactivity and inflammation after a heart attack. A higher protein intake can help maintain this lean body mass, which supports exercise tolerance and recovery moving forward.

This complements yet another study: higher protein intake after a heart attack may improve long-term patient prognosis. According to their analysis, heart attack patients eating high-quality protein had a much lower 10-year cardiovascular risk score compared to patients eating +50% less protein per week.

Why does research say two different things?

First, nutrition science is still quite young. It’s been less than 100 years since we isolated the first vitamin, after all. The science isn’t settled, and there’s still much to learn, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we’re still exploring new biomechanisms.

We also have to look at differences in terms and study structure. There’s a big difference between studying metabolically unwell young people versus metabolically healthy older adults, for example.

And don’t forget that N = 1. One person’s response to protein won’t be the same as someone else’s, especially within unique age, sex, or health cohorts.

But I can confidently say that the benefits of protein far outweigh any warning to the contrary, especially for those recovering from poor metabolic health.

What about all those other problems with protein?

Protein has become quite the target for misinformation. If you’re active on X, you likely know what I mean.

I can’t dispel all protein myths here, but I felt it was appropriate to cover a few topics.

First: most people actually underconsume protein, not overconsume it. Americans have a mean protein intake of 16%, which is less than half the max range of even US food pyramid RDVs.

And no, high protein isn’t bad for the kidneys. If you live with liver and kidney problems, then yes, you may need to plan your meals. But this applies only to a very small portion of the population.

When healthy, resistance-trained adults consume high-protein diets (think 3x higher than recommended daily values), there is no evidence of harmful side effects on kidneys and renal function. You can find details of that in this study and this one.

So please: don’t believe for one second that increasing your protein intake will do more harm than good. If you’re looking to repair, restore, or protect your metabolic health, a high-protein diet will be an incredibly powerful tool.

So will too much protein hurt your heart?

No, not at all. Especially not as part of a metabolically healthy lifestyle.

And if you’re at high metabolic risk, it might be worthwhile to increase your macros.

That means:

Eating more whole, real animal proteins. I recommend ruminant animals such as beef, venison, buffalo, and lamb, although chicken, turkey, and seafood are excellent choices. I talk through other options in my guide covering the proper way to set a protein goal.
More non-muscle proteins such as cheese, eggs, and milk. Despite what you may have heard, eating eggs won’t spike your LDL cholesterol and lead to heart disease.
Supplementing when necessary with convenient protein options. Uncured, less processed options such as meat snacks may be beneficial. You could also opt for protein powders, although I’d recommend those without high quantities of lead.

Following a high-protein diet for better heart health

High-protein diets aren’t a danger to your heart health. For the vast majority of people, it’s one of the best lifestyle changes you could make.

If you’re not sure how to get started, I’ve written quite a few guides. Learn more about using high-protein diets to support your heart health in the following resources:

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Pattern Recognition – We’re Getting Dangerously Close To Trying To Play God

These 2 stories struck me as similar, despite being completely different. What they have in common is the leaps and bounds of technology into areas where humans have shown deficiencies. In theory, they are the same, given the title of this post.

Story One:

How CRISPR Is Poised to Rewrite the Story of Memory Loss

CRISPR, a powerful gene editing tool, is revolutionizing our understanding and treatment of memory loss, particularly in conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. This technology allows scientists to modify genes with unprecedented precision, opening new avenues for research and potential therapies.

## Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive decline. It is associated with the accumulation of amyloid beta plaques and tau protein tangles in the brain, which disrupt normal neuronal function. Recent studies have highlighted the role of specific proteins and pathways in the disease’s progression, offering potential targets for intervention.

## CRISPR’s Role in Alzheimer’s Research

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing has been instrumental in studying Alzheimer’s disease by allowing researchers to manipulate genes involved in the disease. For instance, scientists have used CRISPR to create neurons lacking tau protein, a key component of neurofibrillary tangles, and then reintroduce specific tau isoforms to study their effects. This approach has identified the 1N4R tau isoform as a critical driver of neuronal damage, providing a new target for future treatments.

## Targeting Memory Loss with CRISPR

Beyond Alzheimer’s, CRISPR is also being explored for its potential to erase or modify memories. Researchers at Peking University have successfully used CRISPR to remove fearful memories from rats, suggesting a possible application in treating conditions like PTSD. This breakthrough raises both hope and ethical questions about the manipulation of memories.

Political Meme’s

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

Nothing. It won’t happen for me in my lifetime. I don’t have enough left to jump on a starship for a jaunt to another planet, safely. The way we are planning a colony on Mars is a one-way trip. I kind of like my recliner now.

Oh, I used to brag that I could be the next Captain Kirk. That is me believing in fiction, though. I was as they say, young and dumb and full of cum back then. I was ready to slay dragons and save the damsel in distress. Age has cured that for me.

I watched the first step on the moon and later read the biographies of the people who developed the programs. It was one of the biggest crap shoots ever, that didn’t go horribly wrong. It wasn’t Star Trek; it was closer to a wagon train going to California for the gold rush, so we could beat the Soviets to the moon.

I also don’t wonder as much about what is out there. I’m pretty sure there aren’t any Romulans, or Klingons, or even Vulcans. We kind of know there aren’t little green men coming to take them to our leader.

I don’t even care about the money. Musk is spending his fortune on the aforementioned colony on Mars. Let him slay that dragon.

Headlines: 25 Best College Stadiums, Spaving Is Draining Your Retirement Savings, $1 Billion In Healthcare Fraud Discovered, A Dickhead Doesn’t Know Why He Can’t Run On The Girls Track Team….and more

Sports

the 25 best college football stadiums – Look who is tied for 23, mine, in the Mountains.

Economics

“Spaving” Could Be Silently Draining Your Retirement Savings — Here’s How to Stop It – Sounds like my wife

Incompetance

Wrecking Ball Politics: Swalwell Calls for Destructive Pledge From Democrat Presidential Candidates – Why isn’t this guy in jail for treason? Fang Fang anyone?

MAHA

mRNA Jabs for Birth Defects Didn’t Work Well, Won’t Be Continued: Moderna – what has it worked well for so far?

Election Fraud

POTUS Says We “Know Everything” About “Rigged and Stolen” 2020 Election – and it will keep happening. They’ll just find another way to do it. When you can’t win fairly, cheat and get away with it if no one will stop you. The DOJ is just an arm of the Democratic Party

Climate Scam

Scientists Deliberately Misled Public On Fires, Ice, Food, Floods, Heat, Islands, Coral, Sea Level, And Hurricanes

Government Incompetence

It Took 10 Months and $2.4 Million to Turn On a Single Traffic Light

There’s a Cold Wind Blowing Through Obamaland

Rep. Eric Swalwell demands 2028 Democrat presidential candidates to pledge to destroy Trump’s ballroom – And there you have one of the pillars of the Democrat platform in 2028. I wonder if Fang Fang gave him a hummer to say that?

Trump CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz Uncovers Over $1 BILLION in Fraudulent Healthcare Spending for ILLEGAL ALIENS Including Murderers and Rapists

Toxic Feminity

“Toxic Femininity” Will “Not End Civilization” – Megan McArdle – Maybe not, but it caused wokeness and has set us back way more than the much hyped Toxic Masculinity. One built the world that we enjoy, and the other is trying to tear it down (hint, that one is not the men). They are just mean girls who didn’t get their way, or ones who are so overcome by emotion, they can’t function properly.

FAFO

Convicted Kidnapper Found Dead in Prison Cell Weeks After Arrest for 1973 Cold Case Murder… – They are already in for life, so they take out the criminals that deserve it. It saves us a lot of taxpayer dollars and rids the world of some scumbags. I wonder if he was someone’s girlfriend also.

Shock as black college financial aid advisor allegedly strangled white girlfriend, set fire to upstate NY home with her and 4-day-old son inside… – he’ll get the treatment just like the one above

Gender Dysphoria

Male College Athlete Doesn’t Understand Why He Allegedly Was Booted Off Female Track Team, Files Lawsuit – Maybe it’s because you have a dick and are loaded with testosterone. You could out run the girls 3 or 4 years ago.

Breast Cancer Month Hypocrisy

I lost my Mom to breast cancer. She beat it twice and battled it for 3 decades. In what amounts to malpractice, she ultimately succumbed to it. I do not take it lightly. So before you get outraged and be a SJW Karen with your panties in a wad, read the following and see what should happen if you do more than wear a pink ribbon. There’s a ribbon for every cause, but taking action to cure it is the ultimate expression of support.

Original article and source start here.

Once again, it’s “Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” as we’re hit with pink ribbons and fundraising alerts from breast cancer groups.

Two organizations that solicit funds purportedly for fighting breast cancer are the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).

Wouldn’t you assume that groups promoting breast cancer awareness want women to actually decrease the risk by having women know all the risk factors?

Yet the biggest promoters of Breast Cancer Awareness month either omit the abortion factor or actually deny it.

Typically, these groups list lower risk factors that line up with their pro-abortion stance. What good does it do to mention exercise or alcohol while refusing to go near what has been found in studies around the world — abortion.

It’s also absurd to list family history as a risk factor — which is true but not preventable — while refusing to discuss abortion which is preventable.

It sounds unbelievable that groups claiming to be working against breast cancer are actually promoting breast cancer by not telling young women the full truth. But that’s exactly the situation.

Breast Cancer Hypocrisy Month

The closest either group comes to the abortion issue is Komen, mentioning breastfeeding as part of a healthy life for lowering risk: “Breastfeed if you can. Women who breastfeed have a lower risk of breast cancer than women who don’t breastfeed, especially before menopause. The longer a woman breastfeeds in her lifetime, the lower her risk may be.”

Correct. But why omit the significant factor of abortion if you really want to educate people?

BCRF lists these factors: weight/diet/exercise, alcohol use, smoking, timing of pregnancy, breastfeeding, and hormone use. Under ‘timing of pregnancy,’ we read, “giving birth later (after 30) or not having children can both increase a person’s breast cancer risk.” That’s as close as they get s to mentioning the drastic increase in risk after abortion. Yet they plead for donations: “Triple your impact for life-saving research during Breast Cancer Awareness Month!”

What’s the point of more research if they refuse to talk about the existing research?

Komen states: “Research clearly shows abortion (also called induced abortion) is not linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.”

That statement is false.

When Dr. Angela Lanfranchi, founder of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, attended medical school in the 1970s, women who got breast cancer were overwhelmingly older. As a breast surgeon, she saw younger women getting breast cancer and she became alarmed.

“I became concerned because I saw a lot of women in their 30s with breast cancer.” Lanfranchi shared with Human Life International. “None of them had a genetic reason… It was heartbreaking because all three had young children… so I started looking into risk factors.”

Research already showed that if you smoked and had a child, your risk of breast cancer increased 69%, but if you smoked and had no children, the risk increased 649%. What was it about having a child that protected women from getting breast cancer, Lanfranchi wanted to know.

In 2023, JAMA published a study of U.S. cancers from 2010 to 2019. Women age 20-29 had a 5.3% increase in breast cancer and those 30-39 had a 19.4% increase in breast cancer. Shockingly, late stage, less curable breast cancer rate under age 40 has increased 3% per year over that time period. Young black women have almost five times the abortion rate as Caucasians and are suffering the greatest increases in breast cancer. These vulnerable women need early screening if their lives are to be saved. “

So the dramatic increase in breast cancer was noticed; what wasn’t cited was the causes that had already shown up in studies done since 1957.

In 1996, Dr. Joel Brind, endocrinologist and professor at Baruch College of the City University of NY, did a meta-analysis of all research on abortion and breast cancer and found confirmation.

Abortionists like Planned Parenthood emphasize the negatives of having a child, not the ramifications of abortion. The suppression of the truth is reinforced by the nation’s two largest breast cancer charities, leaving women in the dark about a growing disease by the very people who claim to be pro-woman.

The nation’s top abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, also promotes breast cancer awareness while denying the abortion connection. They use the month of October to fundraise, bragging that they offer breast exams while they profit from abortion.

How absurd is it to offer breast screening exams while simultaneously promoting breast cancer by selling abortion?

Time to Connect the Dots

BCPI’s Dr. Lanfranchi says the research from China is conclusive that breast cancer is the #1 risk factor for abortion.

China’s 1979 one-child policy led to an explosion of breast cancer. Forced and multiple abortions led to more screening for breast cancer as the rates and mortality increased greatly.

In 2019, the Chinese developed a risk model for Chinese women by conducting epidemiological studies to find the greatest risks in China. One study found a 151% increase risk with 1-2 abortions and a 530% increase in risk with three or more abortions. If women were over 30 years old when they had their first child, they had a 258% increased risk than women who were <25 years old when they had their first child.

Another study in 2022 found, “that when the rate of abortion rose, so did the risk of breast cancer. This association is biologically plausible as full-term pregnancy is a protective factor for breast cancer, and the breast enlarges due to the changing level of estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy. Immature breast cells are more likely to transform into breast cancer cells when the pregnancy is ended via abortion, which raises the risk of breast cancer.”

In fact, they found abortion was the greatest risk factor with a 613% increased risk for two or more abortions. About half of all U.S. women have repeat abortions.

Apparently, “Federal grant givers (NIH and NCI) are reluctant to publish data that might call into question the safety of abortion and hormonal contraception that is deemed essential to protect our planet from global warming and over-population,” Lanfranchi points out. “It’s ironic that in a country not known for freedoms [China], there was seemingly no problem in publishing data that could be seen as a criticism of public policy on abortion but not in the land of the free and the brave.”

Despite the dishonesty of many scientists in the U.S., the world’s scientific literature confirms the Abortion/Breast Cancer Link.

It’s disgusting that those profiting from abortion are using breast cancer to sell more abortions. The American Life league (ALL) cautions people against supporting these organizations.

Both earned negative ratings from the ALL’s Charity Watchlist, while the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute has a positive rating. ALL’s director Katie Xavios explained the most egregious concerns uncovered in researching these organizations.

“In 2024, a staggering 360,000 women across the nation are estimated to face the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer,” observed Brown. “The devaluation of human life as practiced by the Komen Foundation and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation compounds this tragedy. We urge donors who wish to support breast cancer prevention to consider charitable organizations that affirm and protect human life regardless of stage of development.”

“Life-minded donors seeking to support the fight against breast cancer will be pleased to discover that the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute (BCPI) upholds pro-life values and does not support anti-life organizations or agendas.”

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Marriage Monday Meme’s

11 – My college girlfriend who couldn’t keep her legs closed

The Science Behind Why Socializing Drains Introverts

To the extroverts, please read this. Introverts will read this and say this is me.

ByJenn Granneman

If you’ve ever felt exhausted from socializing, there’s a very real reason — it has to do with our unique wiring as introverts.

An extrovert and an introvert walk into a bar. It’s a Saturday night, so the place is buzzing with energy. A cover band croons away on stage while groups of people stand around, clutching drinks and nearly shouting to be heard.

The extrovert takes in the scene and feels a surge of excitement. He sees social opportunities everywhere — an attractive woman at the bar, friends to chat with, and the chance to cut loose and have fun. He walks straight up to his group of friends, gives one of them a hearty slap on the back, and orders a beer.

The introvert experiences the situation differently. He hangs back for a moment, surveying the scene and taking everything in. Then, he quietly joins his friends. He feels a bit overwhelmed, drowning in the noise and activity, but he tells himself to relax — this is supposed to be fun, after all.

And for a while, the introvert does have fun. But it doesn’t last.

Soon, the introvert starts to feel tired. Really tired. Not only does his body feel physically fatigued, but his mind becomes foggy and slow (and not just from the drinks). He desperately wants to head home — or at least step outside — where it’s quiet and calm, and he can be alone. He’s already getting an introvert hangover.

He glances over at the extrovert, who’s still chatting away with friends. The extrovert doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. In fact, he looks even more energized than when they arrived.

Sound familiar?

If you’ve ever felt exhausted from socializing, there’s a very real reason. Here’s the science behind why socializing can be draining for us “quiet ones” — it has to do with our unique wiring as introverts.

Socializing Can Be Draining for Everyone

First, let’s clear a few things up. The scenario above is just an example and a generalization. Not every extrovert spends their weekends partying, and sometimes, we introverts live it up, too. We all exhibit introverted behavior at times and extroverted behavior at others. According to the famed Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, there’s no such thing as a “pure” introvert or extrovert. We all fall somewhere on the spectrum that defines introversion and extroversion.

Another point to consider: Socializing is actually draining for everyone eventually. A 2016 study from the University of Helsinki found that participants reported higher levels of fatigue three hours after socializing — whether they were introverts or extroverts. How tired they felt depended on several factors: how many people they’d met, the intensity of the interaction, and whether they had a specific goal in mind.

It makes sense that both introverts and extroverts would feel tired after socializing, as it expends energy. You have to talk, listen, and process what’s being said, among other things.

However, there are some very real differences between introverts and extroverts.

Introverts, Extroverts, and Rewards

These differences stem from how we respond to rewards. Rewards can be things like getting the phone number of an attractive stranger, getting promoted at work, or enjoying a delicious meal.

We all enjoy rewards, and we all desire them. But introverts and extroverts react differently to them.

To understand why socializing can quickly wear out introverts, I spoke with Colin DeYoung, a psychology professor at the University of Minnesota, who recently published a paper on introversion. I was conducting research for my book, The Secret Lives of Introverts. DeYoung, like other experts, believes that extroverts have a more activated dopamine system than introverts.

What Is Dopamine?

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a crucial role in the body’s communication system, helping to control various functions by sending signals between the brain and the body. Often referred to as the “feel-good hormone,” it’s associated with positive emotions like bliss, euphoria, and concentration. Dopamine is vital for a wide range of bodily functions, from movement to sleep to mood regulation. When you experience pleasure — such as eating your favorite foods or during sex — your brain releases dopamine.

However, there can be a dark side to dopamine. It’s strongly linked to addiction. Some recreational drugs, for example, stimulate the release of dopamine and increase its levels in the brain, leading to dependency. That’s how powerful dopamine can be.

Social media platforms tap into the power of dopamine, giving you a boost of it when you watch a funny video or receive likes on your post. This is what keeps you scrolling, even when you know you have better things to do than stare at your phone. In this way, dopamine can keep us hooked on endless scrolling.

Extroverts Have a More Active Dopamine System

So, what does this have to do with socializing?

Because extroverts have a more active dopamine system, they get more excited by the possibility of reward. Dopamine energizes them to strike up a conversation with a stranger or stay at the bar until last call. Even though these activities can be tiring, dopamine reduces the cost of effort, much like getting a shot of espresso before running a race.

Dopamine even explains why extroverts might talk louder, faster, and with more confidence. These behaviors draw more attention to themselves and increase their chances of gaining social rewards.

Introverts have dopamine, too, but our dopamine system isn’t as “turned up” as that of an extrovert. We’re simply not as driven to pursue the same rewards that extroverts chase.

Having a less active dopamine system also means that introverts may find certain levels of stimulation — like loud noise and lots of activity — to be overwhelming, annoying, and exhausting. This explains why the introvert in the bar scenario was ready to leave after a while.

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The Introvert’s Superpower

Introverts don’t seek rewards to the same degree that extroverts do. Is this a bad thing? In my opinion, no. It’s actually the introvert’s superpower.

We all know that one friend who partied too hard and paid the price, or the workaholic who compromised her health and relationships. These are people who chased rewards — hard.

Instead of seeking external validation, introverts tend to turn inward. They might research topics simply for the joy of learning something new. In their careers, they seek a calling that’s more than just a paycheck. They desire depth and intimacy in their relationships — a connection that is mind-to-mind and heart-to-heart — rather than an abundance of casual acquaintances.

I’m not suggesting that all extroverts are shallow and all introverts are deep. That’s simply not true. Sometimes extroverts pursue quiet, intrinsically rewarding activities; sometimes introverts seek status and other external rewards. A healthy, successful life for anyone should include a mix of both.

When writing my book, I asked introverts to share what motivates and energizes them. They all mentioned low-key activities, like a solo shopping trip, a meaningful conversation with a friend, finishing a good book, or expressing themselves through art. If it weren’t for the introvert’s less active dopamine system, they might not engage in these activities as much. The introvert’s way isn’t about chasing rewards but rather about seeking meaning.

Headlines: Ghislane Performs Sex Act On George Clooney, Military Feminization, The Day Logic Died, Europe’s Suicide Pact….and more

Military

The Great Military Feminization – don’t send a girl to do a man’s job. War is not emotion or pretty. It has two primary purposes: blow things up and kill people. If your opponent knows you can do that, most times you won’t get attacked

Over 100 ‘BSL-4’ Bioweapons Labs Now Operate Worldwide, With More Under Construction

NYC

CNN Host Brianna Keilar’s Bias By Omission on Mamdani’s Radicalism Is Astounding – I thought they couldn’t get worse than Dinkins, but it’s gone downhill until we reached Hell with this madman

Feminism

Larry Summers: The Day the Logic Died… – in other words, it was the feminists who started woke and ruined not only our lives, but everything it touched. Look at Star Wars, Marvel, Dating, declining marriage rates, cat ladies….

Woke

New Book Offers ‘10 Woke Commandments’ Americans Should Disobey

Europe

Europe’s Suicide Pact: Debt, War Economy, And The Climate Cult

Which Streaming Services Are The Most Expensive?

Politics

Kamala Harris: I Am Not Done – Yes you are

Celebtards

Ghislaine Maxwell once bragged that she performed a sex act on actor George Clooney during a party…

Headlines: P Diddy Almost Killed In Prison, Hacking Sports With Drugs, Coal Use At A Record High, What Americans Worry About, The Decline Of Western Culture….and more

Celebtards

REPORT: Diddy Narrowly Avoids Having Throat Slashed In Alleged Prison Attack

Sports

Faster, Higher, Stronger—and Full of Drugs. The Billionaire Quest to Hack Sports. – Just have an enhanced games and let them go at it. The athletes are using it anyway. It’s their lives they are destroying to set records. They let the trannies compete and they are full of drugs.

Technology

Deconstructed – How the bathyscaphe Trieste was the first to reach the ocean’s deepest point

Climate Scam

‘Carbon Credits Shortage May Lead To Higher Air Fares For Travelers’ – ‘The program will become mandatory for most countries’

‘It’s time for Nexit!” (Exit from Net Zero) ‘The headlong rush to net zero must stop before we are all ruined’

Green Transition? Coal Use Hits Record High

Sports Betting

Top 20 Fun Facts: “Goodfellas NBA Edition”

ICE Tracking

Suddenly, ICE Tracking Platforms Are All the Rage Among Democrats – a new way for them to hate a safe America.

Life in America

What Americans Worry About – What you would expect, Inflation – Yes, Climate – only democrats give a flying fig

Crime

“Suitcases Filled With Dollars”: Venezuela Reportedly Propped Up America’s Radical Left To Sow Chaos – deport the radicals with their friends the illegals.

72% Of Danish Gang-Crime Convicts Have Non-Western Background, Justice Ministry Data Shows – no country is safe from these animals

48 Bags With Human Remains Found in Cartel-Controlled Mexican State . . . so Far – This is why we don’t want these animals in the USA.

Demographics

Africa Is The World’s ‘Youngest’ Region, Asia The ‘Oldest’

Germany And Poland Are Growing Weary Of Ukrainian Refugees And War

Politics

Who Are the Real Kings?

“I Am Not Done” – Kamala Harris Teases New White House Run – Please run, the country needs a softball like her

Incompetence

Louvre Heist Encapsulates a Western Culture That Will Not Defend Itself

Father Of The Year

Using Rat Poison to Escape Paying Child Support

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Baron Bodissey

A young “German” is on trial in Lower Bavaria for attempting to murder his 3-year-old daughter with rat poison in order to avoid paying child support for her. The misguided youth accused of the crime was born in Afghanistan, and later made his way to Europe to enrich Germany with his vibrant diversity.

The catechism taught to Westerners about third-world immigrants asserts that the new arrivals may wear outlandish costumes and observe quaint customs, but underneath they are just like us. Stories like this one should put paid to such notions once and for all: they are fundamentally different from native Europeans and people of European descent.

Story

Let illegal moral-less animals into your country and watch it turn into a shithole

AOTW

Foist, we have this guy: Defiant Venezuelan Dictator Maduro Threatens the US, Claims He Has 5,000 Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Fight. Ask Yamamoto if it’s a good idea to attack the USA.

Next, Rosie O’Donnell, the deranged leftist who used to be a comedian, recently called for an economic blackout in the United States from her new home in Ireland. It was an obvious attempt to hurt the economy to hurt Trump politically.

She did it all in post on her Instagram account and she got more than she bargained for because she was roasted in the comments.

Most of the people who pushed back on her noted the fact that average people would be hurt by her plan the most. Link to where she gets trashed. She’s made AOTW before, so she can’t win every week. I’ll leave her at asswipe.

Finality, there’s this week’s winner, thank you very little FJB:

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argues for a race-based redistricting.” This was the Supreme Court. They had a hearing. Well, let me just read this. “Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday”—that would have been about a week ago from when this podcast is up—“compared efforts to draw congressional districts along racial lines, compared it to the way disabled people were granted easier access to buildings after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law.” That’s quoting her.

“‘The idea of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is that we are responding to current-day manifestations of past and present decisions that disadvantage minorities and make it so that they don’t have equal access to the voting system. Right?’ Jackson said as she questioned a lawyer representing Louisiana voters who argued that the court-ordered creation of a second majority-black district in the state violated the 14th Amendment by prioritizing racial composition in its boundaries.

Since she doesn’t even know that Blacks aren’t disabled, or what a woman is, the most unqualified person on the SCOTUS is the Asshole of the week

So, the whole idea of DEI is frozen in amber. It’s stale. It doesn’t adapt to change. There’s other problems with it, but it doesn’t show that class and race are no longer identical. And that you’ve got all these people who are claiming that they’re completely disabled or disadvantaged when … I was looking down at my phone because in the four biggest cities, I think in the United States: New York was Eric Adams was mayor—black. Los Angeles, Karen Bass—black; Chicago, Democratic Brandon Johnson—black; and then, Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker—black. And I could go down to San Diego, Dallas, you name it. And the majority of the biggest cities in the country are black mayors.

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Different Headlines: Women Have Ruined Another Profession, 1000% Increase In Assaults, Soy’s To Men In Dem Party, Hidden Tax On Immigration……and more

Crime

‘1,000% increase in assaults’: Officer shot as illegal attempts to ram car into law enforcement – FJB on this one

Abortion Pill Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Killing Millions of People Worldwide

Healthcare

Pills, profits and peril: How India’s export-driven pharma machine puts Americans at severe risk – why am I not surprised on this one. No morals whatsoever, just profit.

Politics

Soys To Men: The Democratic Party Is Hemorrhaging Males – What a bunch of pussies. Grow a set.

Too Fun to Miss: DNC Still Paying For Kamala In Every Way Possible

Economy

These Are The US Cities Where Young Americans Can Still Afford A Home

Illegals

A Hidden Tax: What Americans Are Really Paying for Illegal Immigration

Muslim and Migrant Fatigue – We are witnessing a Mexicanization of France,” Sanchet said, by which he meant significant parts of the country are falling under the de facto control of drug gangs and cartels.

EV’s

The Green Mirage: The Hidden Costs Behind the Electric Car Hype

GM Killing One Chevrolet EV, Doubling Gas Chevrolet Equinox Production

Climate

Big Coal’s Big Comeback: Global use hits record high in 2024 – ‘China has more coal fired power generation than any nation on earth’

Joe Rogan’s Audience Learns That Climate Hysteria Set Back Real Science by 50 Years – Thank you very little Al Gore, Climate liar and fraud.

Good News For Children

After 8 Months of Chemotherapy and a Liver Transplant, He Is Leaving the Hospital Cancer Free [VIDEO]

Trannies

Tranny Swimmer With Hulk-Like Build Hit With Years-Long Ban From Sport – Looks more like a dude than I do

Education

Women Have Destroyed Another Profession – liberal women strike again

FAFO

Lesbian sheriff who helped persecute teen for saying ‘boys are boys’ forced to resign…

UPDATE: Black women behaving badly—charity boss stole $11M from starving kids…

Racisim in Technology

Big Tech Chatbots Consistently Treat White People As Disposable, Study Finds

Rethinking What “Wealth” Really Means in Retirement

For most of our working lives, wealth is defined in numbers. We measure it in bank balances, investment returns, property values, and retirement account statements. It’s the sum of decades of hard work and careful planning — a financial safety net meant to secure our later years. But once you actually reach retirement, something shifts. The meaning of “wealth” starts to evolve. It becomes less about how much you have, and more about how deeply you live.

When you no longer have to chase paychecks or promotions, the things that once defined success lose their urgency. The focus moves from accumulation to appreciation — from “How much do I have?” to “What truly matters now?”

Time Becomes the Ultimate Currency

In retirement, time is the one asset you can finally spend freely. It’s the resource you once traded away for income, deadlines, and career goals. Now it’s yours again. How you choose to invest it — in travel, family, faith, or personal passions — says far more about your wealth than any number on a statement.

There’s something profoundly freeing about waking up without an alarm clock or a to-do list set by someone else. That sense of control over your time is a form of wealth that many people don’t recognize until they experience it.

Relationships Over Returns

While financial comfort is essential for peace of mind, studies repeatedly show that social connections have a greater impact on longevity and happiness than income or assets. True wealth in retirement often comes from nurturing the relationships that bring meaning to your life — whether it’s time with a spouse, deepening bonds with friends, or creating memories with grandchildren.

Some retirees even use their newfound freedom to rebuild old relationships that fell to the wayside during busy working years. Picking up the phone, writing a letter, or visiting an old friend can enrich your life in ways no financial investment ever could.

Health as the Foundation of Prosperity

Ask anyone facing health challenges, and they’ll tell you: without well-being, wealth doesn’t mean much. Good health allows you to enjoy the fruits of your labor — the travels, the hobbies, the simple pleasures. Maintaining physical strength, mental clarity, and emotional balance becomes a daily investment in your quality of life.

That might mean spending a little extra on nutritious food, gym memberships, or preventive care — not as expenses, but as deposits into your most important asset. A strong body and mind are what allow you to truly experience the richness of this chapter.

Purpose Is the New Paycheck

Many retirees struggle at first with the sudden loss of structure that work once provided. But retirement offers a chance to redefine purpose on your own terms. Maybe that means mentoring young people, volunteering, creating art, or building something new. Purpose fuels vitality and joy — and often leads to the most rewarding kind of “profit”: fulfillment.

You don’t need to earn a salary to feel valuable. Sometimes the wealthiest retirees are the ones who give the most — of their time, wisdom, and compassion.

Gratitude Turns Enough Into Abundance

Gratitude has a way of reframing everything. When you look at what you already have — health, freedom, family, faith, or the simple beauty of a quiet morning — life feels abundant, no matter what your portfolio says.

True wealth isn’t measured by accumulation but by appreciation. It’s realizing that every sunrise, every conversation, every moment of laughter is part of your return on investment for a life well-lived.

In the end, rethinking wealth isn’t about abandoning money — it’s about putting it in its rightful place. Financial security matters, but it’s just one piece of a much larger picture. Real wealth is health, time, love, peace, and purpose.

That’s the kind of wealth that doesn’t fade with the markets — and the kind that only grows richer with age.

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Best Of Pet Meme’s – Part 2

Pet Meme’s

Friday Pet Meme’s

Pet Meme’s

Different Headlines: Espionage by Sex, Behind The Crime Crackdown, Another $100 Million Dollar Fraud Caught in Sting, FAFO,Venezuelan Dictator Maduro Threatens the US,A Ferrari Designed to Rev Up Your Emotions….and more

Covid Jab

The Science Proves Unequivocally That Covid Jabs Dramatically Increase Your Risk of Cancer

Crime

Bongino Reveals The Untold Story Behind Trump’s Crime Crackdown…

Another federal contractor admits to $100 million fraud in undercover sting…

SUPERB: New Virginia DA Lindsey Halligan Indicts Comey and Letitia James, Fires Corrupt DOJ Attorneys, and Ends Mueller Exam in Her First Month on the job – Someone is doing the job she was hired for

Illegal Alien Shot in LA After Ramming ICE Vehicles in Brazen Escape Bid is a Well-Known TikTok Influencer, City Councilman Praised Him as ‘Pillar of Our Community’ (VIDEOS) – This one could have been FAFO, but what a dumbass

FAFO

Another conservative-hating, Charlie Kirk-mocking elitist just lost his fancy job…

Leadership

Berenson: Why woke women make terrible leaders… Look at the Louve, Res Ispa Loquitur

Espionage by Sex

INGERSOLL: Dear Nerds, That Hot Chinese Woman Doesn’t Like You – It worked on Eric Swalwell, but he’s not even smart enough to be a nerd

Venezuela

Defiant Venezuelan Dictator Maduro Threatens the US, Claims He Has 5,000 Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Fight (VIDEOS) – please, just try it. You have no idea who you are up against in Trump. He’ll call your bluff and stomp you like the piss ant that you are.

Saving American History

President Trump’s Smithsonian Review Will Save American History – despite the Antifa asshats taking down statues, like that’s going to change anything other than their butt hurt feelings. They wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the people in our history. They’d be living in mud huts eating bugs cooked over dung fires.

UN Punts on Shipping Carbon Tax – we should just stop wasting the taxpayers money on this farcical organization. They don’t do anything but hate Americans and Jews. Maybe they are all Muslims….it’s the same thing.

Climate Hypocrisy

Indonesian Rainforests Turned Into Open-Cast Mining Pits to Improve Range of High-End Electric Vehicles – leave the rainforests alone and stop the EV nonsense. A diesel is still the best engine. These people are retards, like the climate worshipers who go along with this nonsense.

Cars

A Ferrari Designed to Rev Up Your Emotions

Dan Neil test drove the Ferrari 12Cilindri—a combustible mix of air, fire, petrol and sky-high rpm—and tried his best to keep his cool.

How To Check If Your Email Has Been Pwned

Plug your email into this site, then change your passwords, or get a password manager. Enable multi-factor authorization.

Hint: you probably have and don’t even know it. There is malware out there stealing your stuff.

What Food Would You Say Is Your Specialty

What food would you say is your specialty?

When I was young, my Mom told me some people live to eat, while others eat to live.

Being an introvert, long ass meals are tedious for me. I just need something to fill up my stomach.

I also worked in an Italian restaurant that had real food based on recipes that came from the Mother Country, not just pasta.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve attended the three-hour business lunches in France, which often featured exquisite food. I’ve also gone hunting at 3 in the morning, and ridden in many 100-mile bike races that started at sunrise. I’d have to cram as much food as I could in the shortest amount of time, as I was on a deadline.

I know the difference between 5-star food, and reheated chicken and rice in the dark hours of the morning. I just need a proper meal (not fast food or processed) to get me to the next meal.

I bet some readers served in the military who ate some awful stuff, yet survived.

In contrast, my brother-in-law was the president of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse and was obese for a good part of his life. He lived to eat and has failed at every diet and/or weight loss plan that exists. He now has health problems I saw coming decades ago. He also got the COVID-19 jab and has symptoms from that.

One last thing, I never miss the Hot Dog eating contest on July 4th. I’ve been a fan since Kobayashi was transforming the “sport”.

Exposing Margaret Sanger – Racist, Eugenicist

Seth Gruber, the founder of The White Rose Resistance, a pro-life nonprofit, refers to abortion as “the linchpin upon which the liberal establishment swings.” Therefore, he decided to prick the conscience of the church — particularly the American church — and galvanize it into action vis-à-vis the genocide of preborn babies. His new documentary with The Daily Wire, “The 1916 Project” (paywalled), is meant to do just that.

“The 1916 Project” does a deep dive into the historical context of the secular humanist revolution that led to the great Woke Revolution. The documentary centers on eugenicist Margaret Sanger and her opening of the first birth control clinic in 1916. He asks some salient questions, namely: How did we get to this “culture of death” that leftists have propped up as their way of life? How did we talk ourselves into the dehumanization of preborn babies? And just who is Margaret Sanger?

In order to understand where Sanger’s ideas originated, we need to go all the way back to Thomas Malthus, a preacher who believed that humanity was on the verge of a population bomb. Sound familiar?

Malthus’s ideas were heavily influential to Charles Darwin, who took the population bomb idea and minimized humans to animals in his theories of evolution. This led to the next step: If humans are animals, then like any other animal, they depend on the survival of the fittest.

It was a distant cousin of Darwin, Francis Galton, who took Darwin’s survival-of-the-fittest idea and transformed it into the fittest killing off the weak and deformed among us. Thus, modern eugenics was born.

This theory led to Havelock Ellis positing that if people were just animals and procreation should be controlled, then the purpose of sex must be for something else. That something else, he proposed, was exploration of the soul. His ideas heavily influenced both Sanger, who was a student and lover of his, and Alfred Kinsey, the materialistic sadist known as the father of the sexual revolution. From Kinsey’s ideas we get all of the Left’s justifications for various sexual perversions, ranging from pedophilia to transgenderism, as well as its notions of feminism, free love, abortion, gender ideology, critical race theory, and climate alarmism. These notions all make up the culture of death.

The ideas that we are fighting against today were borne of eugenics and materialistic gnosticism. And, more importantly, they were borne of the minds of those who wanted no God except themselves. To do that, they had to reduce human beings to animals and preborn babies to not yet a person.

Sanger was, until 2021, considered the patron saint of feminism. She believed that if women were to have “No Gods and No Masters,” their libido needed to be freed (like men’s), and the babies conceived from that freed libido needed to be done away with. (Hello, feminism.) It advanced two agendas — feminism and eugenics — which Sanger’s Planned Parenthood acolytes have always tried to downplay.

Sanger was driven by the idea of creating a “race of Thoroughbreds.” She viewed the existence of ill, insane, disabled, or mentally deficient people as a crime against humanity. She had a particular agenda against black Americans. She also viewed poverty and non-white status as being subhuman. In fact, she opened the first abortion clinic in Brownsville, New York. Why? Because that part of New York City had the highest population of the poor and immigrants (i.e., non-white people). Sanger’s clinic was only open for a few days before she was arrested, but it was long enough for her and her sister to administer hundreds of abortions.

As a devout eugenicist, Sanger actually shared office space with Madison Grant, whose The Passing of the Great Race was about how the white race was being overcome and blocked from glory by other races. Adolf Hitler called this book his “bible.”

Sanger had other connections to the Nazi movement. One of the founding board members of her American Birth Control League — which would one day become Planned Parenthood — wrote several books, including The Rising Tide of Color Against White World Supremacy and The Revolt Against Civilization: The Menace of the Under Man. This second title is where Heinrich Himmler got the idea for the untermensch (subhuman). Sanger’s great friend and adviser, Ernst Rüdin, helped shape the Nazi ideas about genetic cleansing — i.e., mass murder of undesirables.

More here, including her involvement with Hitler

They were the same in their thinking. I don’t know why Blacks don’t completely revolt against the liberals over this woman, their de facto patron saint

Father Of The Year

A Florida father continued his food delivery route after his nonverbal, autistic son disappeared from the car, police said

The Altamonte Springs Police Department (ASPD) said Jeremy Rouse faces child neglect charges after bystanders found his young son naked and by himself on an interstate entrance ramp Oct. 16 in Altamonte Springs, according to FOX 35 Orlando. Rouse allegedly admitted he discovered that the boy was missing but kept working to protect his Uber Eats rating.

MAHA Meme’s

Sheldon: votes for bill which everyone says will skyrocket premiums with zero Republican votes

Premiums: skyrocket

Sheldon: votes for short term subsidies to cover the skyrocket

Subsidies: expire

Sheldon: blames Republicans https://t.co/qFcb9gFfGP
— William Teach2 🏴‍☠️ I Don't Really Care (@WTeach2) October 17, 2025

Different Headlines: Penis Costume At No Kings Protest, The Rules For A Long And Happy Life,

Superbowl Halftime

Petition Seeks to Swap Bad Bunny for George Strait at Super Bowl – so many good songs…You know me better than that, Clear Blue Sky, Amarillo By Morning, and more. I usually put the halftime show on hold the last few years. I can’t remember a really good one. If it’s Bad Bunny, I’ll go from 2nd to 3rd quarter while I miss all of the halftime show.

NFL Claims Bad Bunny Will Deliver “United Moment” at Super Bowl Halftime Show – and pigs can fly also.

Life

The Rules for a Long and Happy Life

No Kings Results

Soros Poured Millions Into No Kings Protests — but They Still Flopped

The ‘Unifying’ No Kings Protests Were Anything But

No Kings Idiots Are Beyond ‘Lose Your Job’ and Entered ‘Criminal Territory’ With Violent Rhetoric [VIDEO]

Alabama Police Arrest 61-Year-Old Woman in Penis Costume at Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ Protest

The War On Men and Masulinity

Western Civilization Depends on Men and Masculinity – read it before you judge the title or you are the problem.

Louvre Heist

Historic ‘First Woman’ Security Chief Oversaw Embarrassing Louvre Heist – Res ipsa loquitur

Surveillance Camera Pointed the Wrong Way Allowed Louvre Heist

Cancer

The Silent Threat That Can Influence Your Cancer Survival

WNBA

The season ended – I had no idea, and cared even less.

Politics

Pelosi to Announce Plans After Nov. 4 California Election – She is insider trading again? Got more cases of Vodka from Russia?

EV’s

Tesla set for strong quarter fueled by rush to get expiring US EV tax credits – And then we’ll see if anyone wants one without a credit

8 Confessions of an Extreme Introvert

By Delilah Ho

If I come across as rude, it’s not that I don’t like you. As a very introverted person, I’m probably just uncomfortable.

It’s difficult being an introvert in a world that only works smoothly if you’re an extrovert. You’re expected to perform well in large groups, socialize often, speak up loudly, and be outgoing. As a highly introverted person, I get mentally and physically fatigued doing all of those things on a daily basis.

Here are eight things I wish people knew about me as an extreme introvert who also experiences social anxiety. Fellow “quiet ones,” can you relate?

Confessions of an Extreme Introvert

1. If I come across as rude, it’s not that I don’t like you. I’m probably just uncomfortable.

Some assume that I don’t like people because I don’t talk or smile much when I first meet them. It’s never my intention to be rude or cold, it’s just that there are a thousand things running through my head at the moment: “What should I say?” “What do you think of me?” and “Do I look like a hot mess right now?” And so on.

I’m quiet around the people I don’t know well, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I don’t like them. As an extreme introvert, I’m just uncomfortable when meeting new people. Honestly, sometimes just being around new people overwhelms me and I freeze up.

It’s easy for my extroverted friends to chat with strangers and make new friends at practically a moment’s notice. But for me, it’s like I need a month in advance to mentally prepare! And even if I did get that advanced notice, when the day arrived, I probably still would not feel ready.

2. I love being alone but I hate the loneliness.

As an introvert, I enjoy doing things by myself. I go shopping on my own. I go to coffee shops on my own. I go to the movies on my own — and I absolutely love it. I don’t feel awkward or uncomfortable being alone in public. Honestly, it’s my preferred state. I love watching everything going on around me and being alone with my own thoughts.

However, as much as I relish being alone, there are times when I crave the love, company, and affection of other human beings. Although I say that I don’t mind doing things alone, sometimes I wish I had someone to do those things with me.

You know, doing what friends do.

You see, no one likes being lonely, even if they’re extremely introverted. We “quiet ones” need close relationships and strong connections in our life, too.

3. Small talk makes me nervous.

I despise small talk because I don’t know how to act around small talk. Usually, when people engage me in chitchat, I give short answers like “oh” and “yeah.” As a result, I think I unintentionally come across as aloof or rude.

Little by little, I’m getting better at making conversation, because it can be a joy to talk with someone who “gets” me. But to be completely honest, I still get nervous chatting about the weather or my weekend plans. It makes my heart beat fast, and later, I think about how I acted in the conversation. Sometimes I beat myself up for not knowing what to say or do. I know not every introvert experiences social anxiety, but it’s my reality every day.

I actually prefer deep conversations straight away.

Ask me what I think of the latest news. Ask me what I think of Freud. Ask me what I think about global warming. Oddly, I can answer those questions without feeling the least bit awkward.

4. I wish I had more close friends.

I have a small group of good friends. They are people who I feel comfortable being around, so I almost always hang out exclusively with them. But if I’m being honest, I wish I had more people that I could hang out with. Yet this goes back to #1 — I feel uncomfortable meeting new people.

Honestly, there are times when I wish people would approach me instead of me having to approach them. That may seem like a strange thing for an extreme introvert to say, but it’s easier for me when other people take the lead in social situations.

Because of this challenge, I finished four years of college with hardly any friends. I may say that, as an extreme introvert, I’m fine with it, but I actually regret not making more of an effort to meet people. Again, it’s a skill I’m working to improve, but like any new skill, it takes time.

5. Even though I love him, dealing with my extroverted boyfriend can be stressful.

I love my extroverted boyfriend but sometimes it drains me to be with him.

He often wants to do things that I would not do in a million years, and he struggles to understand why I’d rather stay home than go out and “explore,” as he calls it. He wants me to meet his friends and family, but I get extremely anxious just thinking about doing that. Sometimes he tells me about social plans last minute, which gives me little time to mentally prepare.

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Personally, I don’t agree with number 4. I’m good with what I have. I weed out the insincere ones and my friends are my true friends, few as they are

Headlines: Eric Schmidt Gets Sued By College Girl He Was Boning, A New Ferrari F-40,

Cars

Ferrari Built a Modern F40 Tribute but Forgot the Most Important Thing – I’m sure it’s still fantastic

Would You Race in a Flying Car in This Slalom Course . . . or Even Take It up a Mountain? – I saw an air taxi this weekend. No way would you ever get me into one, at least the technology they have right now. Someone else can be the guinea pig, not me.

Sex

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Hit With Lawsuit From Ex-Mistress Alleging Stalking, “Toxic Masculinity”, Abuse, and “Digital Surveillance” – So Eric is boning the college kids. He’s dropping a lot of money for some girls who are in it just for that. But Eric, what about the do no evil thing? Stalking?

Finance

One Third Of Americans Have More Credit Card Debt Than Savings – stay out of Starbucks and kill the TV subscriptions

Is AI Getting More Stupid? – It’s probably the people behind it and those asking stupid questions

Over Half a Million Saw Video of Mamdani’s Imam Cursing America

Economy

Gas Prices Hit Four-Year Low as Sane Economics Take Hold

Technology

He Co-Founded Wikipedia, Now He Says The Site Needs A Radical Change

Mid Week Meme Dump

2 – My sister

Somebody finally figured out how ‘wokeism’ started — and no, it wasn’t Obama or Marxism…

This is a good breakdown of how it happened. It figures who was behind it. They can ruin everything they touch. Even my son says 9 out of 10 girls are not worth it because they make it that way.

Writer Helen Andrews just dropped a piece that’s getting a lot of buzz in conservative media. In her new piece, Helen argues that the rise of “wokeness” wasn’t born from Marxism, academia, or even Obama-era politics. That in itself had people shocked. Helen theorizes that it actually came from something way simpler… the quiet but steady feminization of America’s most powerful institutions.

Intrigued? Yes, so were we….

Andrews calls this cultural shift “The Great Feminization,” and her theory flips a lot of earlier assumptions on their head. Helen pinpoints this shift back to the moment Larry Summers was pushed out of Harvard back in 2005 for suggesting that men and women might have different skills in science. Helen believes that was the spark that ignited the entire woke era… when emotional outrage replaced rational debate and these elite institutions began enforcing left-wing ideology through feelings instead of facts.

Andrews backs up her argument with data that shows how back in the 2010s, women became the majority in nearly every elite profession. From law and medicine to media and academia, the ladies began running the show. Helen says once that shift happened, the entire vibe changed: empathy over logic, safety over risk, and comfort over competition.

Compact Mag:

In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world. The author, writing under the pseudonym “J. Stone,” argued that the day Larry Summers resigned as president of Harvard University marked a turning point in our culture. The entire “woke” era could be extrapolated from that moment, from the details of how Summers was cancelled and, most of all, who did the cancelling: women.

The basic facts of the Summers case were familiar to me. On January 14, 2005, at a conference on “Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce,” Larry Summers gave a talk that was supposed to be off the record. In it, he said that female underrepresentation in hard sciences was partly due to “different availability of aptitude at the high end” as well as taste differences between men and women “not attributable to socialization.” Some female professors in attendance were offended and sent his remarks to a reporter, in defiance of the off-the-record rule. The ensuing scandal led to a no-confidence vote by the Harvard faculty and, eventually, Summers’s resignation.

The essay argued that it wasn’t just that women had cancelled the president of Harvard; it was that they’d cancelled him in a very feminine way. They made emotional appeals rather than logical arguments. “When he started talking about innate differences in aptitude between men and women, I just couldn’t breathe because this kind of bias makes me physically ill,” said Nancy Hopkins, a biologist at MIT. Summers made a public statement clarifying his remarks, and then another, and then a third, with the apology more insistent each time. Experts chimed in to declare that everything Summers had said about sex differences was within the scientific mainstream. These rational appeals had no effect on the mob hysteria.

This cancellation was feminine, the essay argued, because all cancellations are feminine. Cancel culture is simply what women do whenever there are enough of them in a given organization or field. That is the Great Feminization thesis, which the same author later elaborated upon at book length: Everything you think of as “wokeness” is simply an epiphenomenon of demographic feminization.

The explanatory power of this simple thesis was incredible. It really did unlock the secrets of the era we are living in. Wokeness is not a new ideology, an outgrowth of Marxism, or a result of post-Obama disillusionment. It is simply feminine patterns of behavior applied to institutions where women were few in number until recently. How did I not see it before?

Possibly because, like most people, I think of feminization as something that happened in the past before I was born. When we think about women in the legal profession, for example, we think of the first woman to attend law school (1869), the first woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court (1880), or the first female Supreme Court Justice (1981).

A much more important tipping point is when law schools became majority female, which occurred in 2016, or when law firm associates became majority female, which occurred in 2023. When Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the high court, only 5 percent of judges were female. Today women are 33 percent of the judges in America and 63 percent of the judges appointed by President Joe Biden.

The same trajectory can be seen in many professions: a pioneering generation of women in the 1960s and ’70s; increasing female representation through the 1980s and ’90s; and gender parity finally arriving, at least in the younger cohorts, in the 2010s or 2020s. In 1974, only 10 percent of New York Times reporters were female. The New York Times staff became majority female in 2018 and today the female share is 55 percent.

Medical schools became majority female in 2019. Women became a majority of the college-educated workforce nationwide in 2019. Women became a majority of college instructors in 2023. Women are not yet a majority of the managers in America but they might be soon, as they are now 46 percent. So the timing fits. Wokeness arose around the same time that many important institutions tipped demographically from majority male to majority female.

The substance fits, too. Everything you think of as wokeness involves prioritizing the feminine over the masculine: empathy over rationality, safety over risk, cohesion over competition. Other writers who have proposed their own versions of the Great Feminization thesis, such as Noah Carl or Bo Winegard and Cory Clark, who looked at feminization’s effects on academia, offer survey data showing sex differences in political values. One survey, for example, found that 71 percent of men said protecting free speech was more important than preserving a cohesive society, and 59 percent of women said the opposite.

We encourage you to read her entire piece here.

Here’s Helen speaking at NatCon 5 in DC, where she expands on her “Great Feminization” theory.

More here plus the video. I couldn’t embed it but it’s at the link

get woke go broke? How about it just ruining everything it touches, especially our lives

Political Meme’s

8 – woke, liberal, white females

Feminist Antipathy Toward Conservative Female Leaders

Despite claiming to stand for helping women rise to be equal with men, feminists don’t like conservative women who succeed because it’s actually about ideology.

The supposed goal of feminism is for women to gain equality with men. There are distinct differences between the two sexes, which historically have delineated the roles of men and women into distinct spheres, with men generally in positions of authority and leadership. The feminists claim that this is deeply unfair, oppressive, and limiting.

“A woman can do anything a man can do” has become a popular slogan, despite its obvious fallacy. Indeed, a more valid claim would be that a woman is just as human and no less valuable than a man.

The crux of the issue has more to do with gender roles. Feminists sought equal access to the spaces that had previously been reserved for men only. This included the halls of government.

Thus, over the past 50 years, the presence of women in government, as well as the number of women being elected to and holding public office, has increased significantly.

Effectively, the feminist argument that women have the same right to seek public office as men has been won and broadly accepted by the West and most of the developed world. Numerous countries, especially in Europe, have female presidents or prime ministers. In 2016, the U.S. came within a few thousand votes in a few states from joining that club.

Headlines: Woke And Feminists Ruin Everything, How Much Is The Media Lying, Dem’s Finally Admitting The Truth About Biden, The Obama Death Star Library…and more

MSM

Call me old fashioned but I bet they would do a lot better if they told the truth for once https://t.co/h9OubpOibf
— Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍 (@0x49fa98) October 19, 2025

Biden

PA Governor Finally Admits What We All Knew About Joe Biden, but It Also Brings up Another Thing

Hate Groups

Google Leans on Disgraced SPLC to Attack Trump Allies – Anybody remember the Google motto Do No Evil?

Politics

It’s over in Georgia — the FAT LADY has sung her last tune…The Abrams Tank sunk a lot of people

Democrats Express Fear of Far Left as Shutdown Rages – They haven’t helped anyone or any real cause that benefits society, well maybe themselves

Grifters

Trump’s War On ‘Illegal DEI’ Leaves Diversity Industry In Ruins, Data Shows – turnabout is fair play, DEI and BLM caused billions in damage and hurt race relations

Architecture And Monuments

These Two Things Are Very Different… A Death Star that resembles a prison and a monument that is a Gateway to DC

Feminism

Feminization Threatens Civilization Itself

America’s Relationship Crisis Getting Fueled By Weirdo Liberals With Worst Advice Ever

Headlines

Wind Farms

Avian Mortality: Industrial Wind in Ecological Trouble

Climate Hypocrisy

100,000 Amazon Trees Chopped Down to Build Road for COP30 Climate Conference

Government Over Reach

Will Rising Meat Prices Force Us to Be Vegans – That’s been their goal, control. It also is part of the climate scam about cow farting.

Cars

Porsche Engineers Just Solved a Problem Most Carmakers Didn’t Know Existed

Europe

Europe Has Apparently Learned Nothing – Let’s not go through this again.

Climate Scam

CLEAR-CUT 30: UN climate summit COP30 clear-cuts 100,000 Amazonian trees for highway — Meanwhile, Greenpeace claims nations need attend COP30 to fight ‘the forest destroyers’ – ‘Our forests are on the brink’

No Kings Wrap up

Results of No Kings Rallies? Participation Trophies – For Everyone

Deconstructing Antifa and “No Kings” – It is focused on undermining the US and Western civilization.

Hypocracy

What’s the Deal with the Prophet Muhammad? – To start off, he’s not a prophet, it goes downhill from there

Top 20 Adam Schiff fun facts

New York Times LOL: ’60 Minutes’ Team Insists They’re ‘Firmly Nonpartisan’ – They are so biased, they don’t even know it

Woke

A Compelling Theory of ‘Woke’ – Liberal White women ruining everything for everybody

Sto Viaggiando. Sono Un Tifoso Questo Fine Settimana – So Marriage Monday Meme’s Next Week

I went to see the F1 race in Austin. You can read the results online, but I’m a Ferrari fan, and they finished 3rd and 4th.

I got to spend time with my son, and at my age, I won’t have many of those opportunities again.

I write about how much I hate traveling and crowds, but to spend time with your kids because they want to be with you is priceless.

There may be some random posts, but I didn’t schedule my favorite, Marriage Monday Meme’s.

Guess Where I Am?

AOTW

It’s going to be tough to top Katie Porter, who went into last week as the leader in her race. After a disastrous interview with a liberal interviewer, things started going downhill. Then, it came out how she abused her staff.

Well, her divorce papers came out and she abuses everyone, even her ex.

Hoffman also filed for a restraining order from his rage-prone spouse, claiming she would “routinely” call him a “f—ing idiot” and “f—ing incompetent” – and shattered a glass coffee pot in their kitchen counter in March 2012 when she felt their house wasn’t clean enough.

“She would not let me have a cell phone because she said, ‘You’re too f—ing dumb to operate it,’” Hoffman said of Porter, 51, who has been in the hot seat this week as videos capturing her going scorched-earth and berating her former staff members made headlines.

“When she gets angry, she will claw and scratch her arms and then say to me ‘Look what you made me do!’” She regularly says that I am a bad parent in front of the kids … Recently the children began spitting at me and throwing their food at me, calling me ‘bad daddy.’”

Look at this picture. She even looks like a cnut.

Best Of Pet Meme’s – Part 1

This will be an intermittent series. It’s a happy post while I’m out. Don’t forget, pets are an Introvert’s best friend, and the first thing we look for when stuck with people

Pet Meme’s To Share, Some People Are Animals

Pet Meme’s And Stuff

Pet Meme’s

Google’s ex-CEO Eric Schmidt shares dire warning of homicidal AI models – The Robots Always Kill The Humans

Hal-9000 anyone? I’ve worked with Eric at an IBM Conference where he and Sam Palmisano were the keynote speakers. He was brutally honest with me. That was back when Google said do no evil, and he called BS. He openly told me that they do evil stuff all the time. I think He’s being honest below. He basically told me not to use any Google products if I didn’t want to be surveilled 24/7/365/forever.

Talk about a killer app.

Artificial intelligence models are vulnerable to hackers and could even be trained to off humans if they fall into the wrong hands, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned.

The dire warning came on Wednesday at a London conference in response to a question about whether AI could become more dangerous than nuclear weapons.

“There’s evidence that you can take models, closed or open, and you can hack them to remove their guardrails. So, in the course of their training, they learn a lot of things. A bad example would be they learn how to kill someone,” Schmidt said at the Sifted Summit tech conference, according to CNBC.

Eric Schmidt was CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011. REUTERS

“All of the major companies make it impossible for those models to answer that question,” he continued, appearing to air the possibility of a user asking an AI to kill.

“Good decision. Everyone does this. They do it well, and they do it for the right reasons,” Schmidt added. “There’s evidence that they can be reverse-engineered, and there are many other examples of that nature.”

The predictions might not be so far-fetched.

Headlines: EV’s Take Another Billion Dollar Setback, What Happened To the Amnityville House, How China Can Hold The US Hostage Over Meds, The Benefits Of Capitalism…..and more

EV’s

GM to Take $1.6 Billion Hit as It Scales Back Electric Vehicle Operations – Nobody wants to buy them.

Tranny Surgery

Iran Pivots to Trans Surgery Tourism – That’s like pork at half price in Iran; it just doesn’t make sense. Don’t they throw these people off the roofs for being infidels?

Weird

What Happened to the Amityville House? All About the Infamous Home 50 Years After Murders and Alleged Paranormal Activity

Supply Chain

Study Warns China Holds the Keys to America’s Medical Drugs

Education

‘This year is going to be difficult for you’: College official in hot water for ‘threatening’ student supporting Charlie Kirk – I’m afraid that the tables have turned against her

Capitalism

Quantifying The Benefits Of Capitalism

China

Chinese SIM farms are radicalizing Americans and destabilizing society’ – This is how war will be fought, not with nukes

Liberal White Women

Portland explodes—Antifa extremist obstructs ICE vehicle… – Who is the real problem?

Stupid

Extreme Leftist Democrat Crockett Claims Trump Had A Stroke And Cannot Function – AOC has competition for who can make the most outlandish comments. At least be creative. This is just throwing underwear against the wall and hoping it will stick. Maybe it’s just liberal women, not just the white ones.

Colorado Driver Plunges 300 Feet Off ‘Treacherous’ Million Dollar Highway. Mountain Rescue Team Responds – also stupid, but FAFO

BWBB

Political scheme set up by Stacey Abrams crashes after record ethics punishment – Another FAFO.

Economy

US Reports Biggest Ever Budget Surplus For Month Of September Thanks To Record Tariffs

MAHA Meme’s

The Algorithm That Rigged the Census: How One Bureaucrat Stole the House and Billions in Funding

The 2020 census was marketed as an “actual enumeration,” a neutral count of people for apportionment and funding. It was not. The same official who helped block a basic citizenship question in 2018, John M. Abowd, then the Census Bureau’s Chief Scientist, pushed through a new, opaque methodology in 2020 called differential privacy. The new system deliberately injected mathematical noise into every block count in America, turning the census from a headcount into a model with knobs. The knob that mattered most was a single parameter, epsilon, a secrecy shroud known only to a small inner circle. Abowd argued that a single added question about citizenship posed an intolerable risk to data quality because there was, he said, not enough time to test it. Then he rushed an untested algorithm that altered every count in every neighborhood. The irony is so sharp it cuts: the man who warned that one question might distort the census approved a method that guaranteed distortion.

The core lever in differential privacy is epsilon, the privacy loss budget. Abowd kept this number secret throughout 2020. Cities, states, researchers, and map drawers who saw the early demonstration files warned that the counts were veering away from reality. They had no way to tell whether errors in their communities were genuine undercounts or synthetic artifacts of the algorithm. Abowd’s system also crippled the ability of local governments, analysts, and other record‑keepers to find and fix mistakes. Normally, if a city discovers a counting error that affects federal funding, it can appeal through the Count Question Resolution (CQR) Program. With differential privacy, that safeguard collapses, because the published data are wrong on purpose, no one can separate genuine miscounts from the algorithm’s fake ones. This nullifies the traditional oversight process and leaves states helpless to correct funding or representation errors. Alabama tried to challenge this secrecy in State of Alabama v. U.S. Department of Commerce (2021), arguing that differential privacy was unconstitutional and illegal, but the court dismissed the case for lack of standing cost the state billions in lost federal funding.

It’s worse than you think

These Are the 19 Most Stressful Experiences an Introvert Can Have

ByJenn Grannema

Introverts’ brains are wired a little differently than extroverts’ brains, so everyday experiences can become stressful for us “quiet ones.”

Let’s face it, life is stressful, whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert. But if you’re introverted, like 30-50 percent of the population, certain situations that seem easy for others can become very stressful for you. That’s because introverts’ brains are wired somewhat differently than those of extroverts, making them more prone to burnout, exhaustion, and overwhelm.

What Stresses Out Introverts

1. Talking to people

“Even though I’m a singer in a band and a fairly confident person overall, sometimes it can be so hard for me to talk to people or to ask for what I want.”

2. Being put on the spot, especially at work

“I can usually write a wonderful response if I’m given a bit of time, and I’m even pretty good at giving a spoken response if I’m prepared. But when a coworker or my boss demand I answer right now, my mind goes blank under the pressure, even if I’d otherwise know the answer.”

3. Making small talk with strangers or acquaintances

“My brain shuts off and I can’t think of anything to say.”

4. Job interviews

“All the attention is on you. I also hate a lot of the general questions and really hate having to answer what my best qualities are or what makes me the best person for the job. You’re put on the spot with a question and don’t have time to think about your answer — and introverts need that processing time!”

5. Phone calls… to anyone about anything

“I tend to either over-explain myself in hopes of avoiding miscommunication (one of my biggest anxiety triggers), or I’m forced into silence the majority of the time because the person on the other end is a talker. So I feel awkward. Silence over the phone is waaayyy more awkward than in-person silence (which I love).”

6. Meeting new people, especially when the first impression really counts

“I have a few good friends, and they easily see the real me. But as an introvert, it takes a while for my real personality to come out around people I don’t know well. When I meet someone new, I inadvertently come across as closed off, distant, or even stuck up — and this really sucks, especially when you’re trying to make a good impression! Because I know I do this, I put extra pressure on myself, and even then, I finding myself overthinking about the interaction afterward.”

7. Having to deal with people when you haven’t had time to decompress

“When I work long stretches in a row and have to deal with coworkers and customers while running on fumes, it becomes incredibly stressful.”

8. People who drop by unannounced

“Even though I may enjoy that person’s company, I still need time to mentally prepare to be ‘on’ to socialize. Please give me a heads up before you come to my home or drop by my office. I promise you’ll get a better interaction out of me because I won’t be so flustered.”

9. When people ask very direct personal questions

“I know that some mean well, but it feels like interrogating, plus I find it hard to express myself verbally to certain people.”

10. Group projects and all the drama associated with them

“So many times I’ve asked to do it myself instead.”

11. Speaking in front of a large group

“My mind goes blank, I stumble over my words, and I hate having so many eyes looking at me.”

12. Having to give someone negative feedback

“As a highly sensitive introvert, my empathy kicks in and prevents the words from coming out. It feels entirely unnatural and requires a titanic amount of effort. I want to make sure I’ve considered every angle, that I’m being fair and considerate. Speaking feels premature, even after weeks of preparation or contemplation.”

Want to feel more at ease in social situations?

13. Staff meetings

“I feel like I know what I need to do and I don’t need a staff meeting to do my job. As awful as it sounds, I can only take so much of other people’s opinions and direction. I find I just want to do things my own way.”

14. Leading a meeting or discussion…

“…especially with students or other folks with little incentive to talk. As an introvert, I won’t talk just to fill the silence, so if no one else is talking, we all just kind of sit there and stare at each other.”

15. Working in an open office

“With so much noise and frequent interruptions, some days it can feel like the walls are closing in on you.”

16. That moment when you realize you have to head into the extroverted world

“What’s the most stressful for me? That moment after I’ve arrived at my destination 15 minutes early (gladly) and enjoyed sitting in serene silence alone — and now I’m dreading getting out of my car and being thrown into the mix of everyone in this extroverted world. And I realize that I’ll have to do more than just blend in as highly sensitive introvert — I will have to become what they need me to be. And that’s exhausting.”

17. Networking events

“You’re expected to balance food and drink, make yourself heard over the din, be enclosed by the press of bodies, filter out all the other conversations so you can focus on what’s being said — and be brilliant and sparkling! The difficulty level goes up even more when you have to introduce someone and you can’t remember their name! Names do not stick in my brain.”

18. Confrontation of any kind

“My brain kicks into overdrive, making it almost impossible for me to think clearly, which just makes the problem even worse. And then my mouth just starts saying anything, and I come off feeling foolish because I know I’m saying things that don’t make sense but I can’t stop myself. Afterward, I’ll be left thinking about the interaction for hours or days or even weeks.”

19. Dealing with people in general

“They drain me.”

source

FAFO – Teacher Who Threatened Student Who Supported Charlie Kirk

Oklahoma State University student Joshua Wilson wears a Turning Point USA hat given to him by Charlie Kirk (Video screenshot) — Oklahoma State University student Joshua Wilson wears a Turning Point USA hat given to him by Charlie Kirk

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, an Oklahoma State University student is going public after a school official reprimanded him for his support of the slain civil-rights leader, saying some people could be “triggered” simply because he wore a Turning Point USA hat with the number 47 on it.

Student Joshua Wilson is exposing the actions of Melisa Echols, OSU’s coordinator of student-government programs, who told him: “As a person who doesn’t look like you and has not had the same lived experience as you, I have family who don’t look like you who are triggered – and I will be very candid with you – who are triggered by those hats and by that side.”

While Wilson told Echols he understood her concerns, he didn’t believe wearing a Turning Point hat was partisan, and he rejected the claim it was somehow harmful to other students.

Echols at one point was angered that Wilson defended his stance.

“‘But’ cannot be the end of every statement. That’s not a learned lesson,” Echols said. “It cannot just be, ‘yes, but’ – cannot be every response that you give me. Otherwise, this year is going to be difficult for you.”

LibsofTikTok reports action has now been taken against Echols: “According to TPUSA, the staff member who reprimanded a student for honoring Charlie has been placed on administrative leave. Bye Bye.”

It figures, a liberal white (fat) woman who teaches at a college.

Mid Week Meme Dump

King Charles Scrambling To Deal With Latest Prince Andrew-Jeffrey Epstein Scandal, as the Pressure Mounts To Strip His Younger Brother of All His Titles

Ideaology

The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails

Pope Leo Puts a Muslim Prayer Room in the Vatican – Did he not learn the lesson from Solomon?

Terrorism

“When Trump Won the Presidency, They Stopped Spitting on Me” – Former Hostage Tells How Hamas Was Scared of Trump

Why No Female Israeli Hostages Are Coming Home – Because Hamas are animals

“They’re Dragging People Away”: Hamas Begins Mass Executions as Israeli Military Withdraws From Gaza – Well, one side didn’t hold up their end of the peace process. See they are animals above.

MSM

George Stephanopoulos’ Long Track Record of Double Standards

Hegseth Waves ‘Goodbye’ to News Outlets Opposing Pentagon Press Policy – And we’ll get better news that is true without them

Mass Genocide of Christians Happening Now – Mockingbird Media Ignoring It – This could be under the title crime, murder or terrorism

Sports

The Top 10 Richest Sports Franchises in the World

Cheaters

Is Your Girlfriend Not Turning Down Her Older, Richer, Better Looking Married Boss Really a Reason to Break Up – Dump the bitch. If she’ll do it once, she’ll do it again. No one that un-loyal is worth it.

FAFO

Famed Hamas Influencer ‘Mr. FAFO’ Reportedly Killed by Other Gazans After Israeli Withdrawal

Superbowl

NFL Fans Demand George Strait Do Super Bowl Halftime Show, Petition Goes Viral – Fans prefer straight over tranny

EV’s

Trapped Xiaomi Driver Dies After Doors Fail to Open in Fiery Crash – and there is enough reason for me not to have one. I’ll take the hemi.

Sweden

“Islam Must Adapt to Sweden” — Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Calls for Public Burqa, Niqab Ban – They haven’t assimilated since 610 A.D. Sweden should have never let them in. Read history first.

Space

Eleventh Starship/Superheavy a complete success – While others race to the moon, Space-X is headed to Mars, to start a colony.

Climate

False, Yahoo News, Cape Coral Isn’t Sinking – For my troll Tim O’Reilly, the tides aren’t rising

Military

Military’s New Helicopter Is a Game-Changer That Will Terrify Bad Guys

Celebtards

Dash Cam Footage Contradicts Alec Baldwin’s Claim a Garbage Truck Cut Him Off Before He Crashed Into a Tree – Of course he lied. It’s been his pattern

Posting Will Be Slower The Next Week

I’ll be taking a Father/Son trip for a few days, so posting will be slow.

I’ve scheduled most of the usuals already, with at least one best of (tune in to see what), so there should be a post each day.

If I do put something up, you can take shots at where we went. It’s one of our shared passions. We’ve gone through fishing, hunting, Karate, and this together over the years.

I usually introvert out and try not to go to stuff with people, but spending some of the little time I have left with my son makes it worth it to do.

It’s not like what I post changes the world, but I hope it brings some diversion from life from time to time.

Oh, and bad guys who think my abode is free to raid, there is a special surprise for you if you try.

The Freakout At CBS Becoming Slightly Less Liberal

The alphabet news channels have been in lockstep since Edward R Murrow. They used to be good at hiding the fact that it was slanted left in the Cronkite era, but that went out the window with Dan Rather.

No one galvanized them more than Trump of course, who they all loved until he came down the escalator and said Make America Great Again.

They’ve been joined by the late night, not so funny comedy shows, the shrews at The View and any other show that could be turned political. It was that way across the board. Even Fox has joined the liberal slant.

It worked so well, CBS News got sold, and said they (might) be equal in coverage. The newsreaders lost their minds, and here is what you get.

The aerobic freakout has begun inside the liberal media over the new owners of CBS News appointing “anti-woke” Bari Weiss to the new post of editor-in-chief.

None of the CBS veterans want a new boss with a new ideology. They like pretending they don’t have an ideology. They call themselves courageously “independent.”

In her initial memo to employees, Weiss stated several principles that are absolute anathema inside CBS: “Journalism that holds both American political parties to equal scrutiny” and “Journalism that embraces a wide spectrum of views and voices so that the audience can contend with the best arguments on all sides of a debate.”

The anonymous leakers are already on fire. Jeremy Barr of The Guardian spread the early spurts: “CBS News veterans I’ve talked to are encouraging Bari Weiss to not mess with the Golden Goose(s) of ’60 Minutes’ and ‘CBS News Sunday Morning.’”

What makes them “golden”? They’re the opposite of the Weiss principles. They rely on a narrow spectrum of ideas and persistently favor one political party over another.

“60 Minutes” is notoriously pro-Democrat, from Steve Kroft trying to save Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign from the early adultery charges of his mistress, Gennifer Flowers, to Kroft performing a series of blatantly promotional interviews with Barack Obama, starting in 2008.

There is more here if you want to read it, but it is facts that both sides know to be true. Like Academia, the propaganda arm of the Democrat party carried the water for decades

Political Meme’s

Headlines: More Naked Bike Riders In Portland, Man Identifies As Mermaid, Antisemitism Turned CBS Against The Left, China Weaponizing ChatGPT……..and more

Wierd

Man Who Identifies as a Mermaid Won’t Calm Down Over Being Banned From the Women’s Locker Room

CBS

How Antisemitism Turned CBS Against the Left

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Report Alleges Chinese Entities Weaponizing ChatGPT for “Authoritarian Abuses” – AI is a tool. The good use it for good, the bad use it for……

Health

Liver Cancer Rising: How Alcohol, Metabolism and Viral Infections Drive Risk

War

How America Lost Its Warrior Spirit When It Feminized Its Academies

FAFO

The Driver of a Corvette Hit 140 Mph in Tempe — His Car Was Grappled the Next Day

Hell Freezes Over

Hillary Clinton Applauds Trump’s Mideast Breakthrough

Portland

Oregon Now Spends More On Program Offering Free Health Care For Illegal Immigrants Than State Police

WATCH: Naked Bike Riders Join ICE Protests in Portland – Protest Turns into Clash with ICE Leading to Several Arrests

Technology

Dutch Govt Suddenly Seizes Control Of China-Owned Chip Maker

Trivia

How Many Countries Fit In Africa? Visualizing The Continent’s True Size

These Are Europe’s Most Dangerous Cities, According To Citizens

Where Beer Prices Have Risen (And Fallen) The Most Since 2020

Ranked: The World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 – meh

Hoaxes

Beyond Meat Crashes On Debt-Swap Plan As Fake Food Trend Goes Bust – I guess nobody liked it

Headlines: BWBB Goes Berserk On Cop, 1 of 1 Ferrari Hits The Auction Block, The High Cost Of Sleepless Nights, White Collar Crime, Trannies Attack Feminists…and more

Crime

Habitual Traffic Offender Goes Berserk on Cop Outside Charter School, Bites Officer — Bystanders Also Arrested Under Florida’s New ‘Halo Law’

Racism

This Is What True Racism Looks Like Today

Cars

1-Of-1 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, Bianco Speciale, Is Headed to Mecum Kissimee – Probably $50 million for this one

Antifa (And Lying)

Dem Minn AG Keith Ellison Claims ‘Nobody Knows’ What Antifa Is After He Promoted Their Handbook in 2018

Health

The High Cost of Sleepless Nights: Poor Sleep Linked to Prematurely Aging Brains

Measure Metabolic Health, Resting Heart Rate Measurement

Agriculture

States Go It Alone on ‘Forever Chemicals’ as EPA Delays Federal Action

Dark Money Funding

Exposed: British Billionaire Cuts off $553M Left-Wing Funding Operation After Watchdog Report

Left-Wing Dark Money Megadonors Including George Soros Spent $20 MILLION to Oppose Trump’s National Guard Deployment in D.C.

Universities Took Over $60 BILLION in Foreign Gifts to Fund Radical Left Programs

Lithium Battery Danger

The World Is Slowly Waking Up to the Menace of Lithium Battery Fires

White Collar Fraud

The $483,000 Question: How James Directed Funds to the Governor’s Husband’s Firm Before Her $10M Shield…

Feminism, I Think

PROTECT WOMEN: Out-of-Control Trans Activists Vandalize Europe’s Largest Feminist Conference Happening in the UK – I’m not even sure who is right here

Maga

Operation Divide MAGA – another attempt to attack Trump’s base

Poverty

Over 1 Billion People Live In Slums – and where they are in the world

Anti-Semitism

Handwritten Hamas memo exposes scripted nature of Oct. 7 rampage

Marriage Monday Meme’s

When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

I had to think about that if ever part, especially when you factor in my sophomoric sense of humor.

The real answer is…..it happened, and only in looking back did I realize that I (for the most part, I grew up)

I never saw it coming. I had a Wife, kids, a mortgage, and a job. After the kids moved out, I’m left with just my wife and my dog.

At my age (You got me by a few years, Bocopro), I guess it’s over. I also don’t climb ladders to do work, and I realized that the most valuable tool in your toolbox is a checkbook.

Headlines: Butt Lady Convicted Of Murder, Women That Men Don’t Want To Date, Greta’s Huge Carbon Footprint, Vegan Tampons In MEN’s Room…..and more

Women That Men Don’t Want To Date

Feminists Have Discovered “Nose Ring Theory” And They’re Not Happy

Health

Pfizer Left COVID-19 Vaccine Data Out Of Submissions To FDA, Documents Show

California ‘butt lady’ convicted in murder of ‘Married … With Children’ actress over silicone injection…

Lesser-Known Breast Cancer Spreading Among American Women – Gee, Could it be the Covid Jab?

Where Americans Can’t Afford Healthcare

Tylenol and Autism: More to the Story – It’s not just Tylenol

Education

The Hidden Crisis In Our Classrooms: Why Education Without Character Is Failing America

Europe

The Perilous Erosion of Free Speech in Europe and Beyond

Incompetence

New Zealand Pays $3,5M to Samoa After Lesbian Captain Crashes Navy Ship Into a Reef, Sinks It and Causes Deadly Oil Spill – Lady drivers.

Communism

58 Years Since the Death of “Castro’s Favorite Executioner”

Network News

Disgraced Dan Rather Smears Bari Weiss as Ruining Democracy, Making ‘MAGA Tested’ News – Always be on the other side of Dan Rather if you want to have the correct information

Climate

St. Greta’s Hamas Loving Flotilla Had Huge Carbon Footprint

BWBB

New Evidence Emerges Against Indicted Democrat Mayor of New Orleans in Corruption Case

More Bad News for Tish James – TGP Contributor Joel Gilbert Tells Greg Kelly and Newsmax: “She Has a Pattern of Mortgage Fraud – More Indictments Coming” (VIDEO) – NBADJT

Hostage Situation

“Everywhere I Turn I am Told the People Are Saying They Love America and LOVE President Trump!” – Report from Hostage Square in Tel Aviv

Dumbassery

UK National Trust Puts Vegan Tampons in Men’s Rooms

AOTW

Foist, we’ll start with Greta. She’s gone from lying about the climate to the next move so she can stay in the headlines.

Her flotilla of aid had no aid and was funded by Hamas. Remember them? They committed the atrocities on October 7 when they started the mess going on right now.

Yesterday, Ward Clark offered timely, on‑point coverage of the IDF’s interception of the 42 ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla. After Israel searched the ships, it was discovered that the flotilla carried no aid on board any of the vessels. Furthermore, additional evidence revealed the flotilla was funded by Hamas. The evidence regarding no aid will be presented first, followed by evidence of the Hamas connection.

She’s wearing the traditional headscarf of a terrorist.

Story

Next, the NFL, in trying to attract more American viewers, picked a Spanish speaking wierdo for the halftime show that repulses those of us normies. The NFL could deserve its own post for its woke policies, but woke is dying, and nobody is kneeling. So while Goodell is an asshat, it’s just a game.

The winner of the AOTW is of course, the Nobel Peace Prize committee, who overlooked the person who actually brought peace this week because they are assholes.

It is not hyperbole to say President Donald Trump is the “Peace GOAT.” He’s ended more conflicts and saved more lives in the last nine months than any world leader has done in their entire lives, ever.

But facts alone weren’t enough to sway the ultra-woke, insanely anti-Trump Norwegian Nobel Committee. They instead gave this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader who speaks out for democratic rights in her country.

Not to diminish her efforts, but she hasn’t actually accomplished anything. Ever.

She dedicated the award to Trump, showing more integrity than the Nobel committee.

It was an asshole move by the committee, one they keep making since they gave it to a war president around 2009 who hadn’t done anything. He would go on to cause more division in our country than any recent president and stir up racism and hate.

Early Headlines: AI For Dummies, Drunken Sisters Fighting, Chinese Toys Spying On Americans, Governer Touts Amazing Summer – Only 123 Murders…..and more

Artificial Intelligence

‘Tron: Ares’ Offers A.I. for Dummies

Idiots and Drunks

Sunburned, drunken NJ sisters arrested after meltdown on Frontier Airlines flight, attacking worker: bodycam footage…

China

Chinese Toymaker Fined for Spying on American Children

CEO of Insurance Giant Accused of Shilling for Chinese Communist Party – The Wokest Company in the industry

Anti-Semitism

Politico Parent Company CEO Mathias Döpfner Condemns Europe’s Betrayal of Israel – Havent’ they always? It looks like SSDD.

Government

Senators Push Shutdown Vote Until Next Week, Depart Washington for Holiday – This group doesn’t care about the people. They work for us, remember?

Racism

Saquon Barkley Says the Philadelphia Eagles Only Listen to Country Music in the Locker Room on “White Boy Wednesdays” – What if it was black boy Wednesday, they’d hit the ceiling.

Education

NEA Teachers’ Union Links to ‘Palestine’ Site Defending Hitler – They are a big reason our kids learn less each year

Can Schoolteachers be Trusted?

Europe

The Perilous Erosion of Free Speech in Europe and Beyond

President Trump DENIED Nobel Peace Prize Despite Ending EIGHT Wars as Nobel Committee Head Offers an Outrageous Reason for Snub – White House Responds – And in other news, who is surprised? Also, who cares?

A breakdown of the Nobel “Peace Prize” farce

False Racism

ESPN Tries To Walk Back Lethal Race Hoax – They all took the bait

Crime

Il Gov Pritzker Touts “Amazing” Summer in Chicago-Except for the 123 People Murdered Between June and August

Climate

Aussie Green Wall Cracks: Queensland Commits to Reliable Coal until 2046

Health

Where Mental Health Problems Are Most Prevalent

Has Trump Just Won the Nobel Peace Prize at the Last Minute? Ha!

The real answer is, who cares? Don Surber details the high jinks of the Nobel committee better than I

It’s become a meaningless liberal award, about as important as your HOA Lawn of the Month.

For example, they gave Obama a Peace Prize on the basis of what he was going to do. What he did was keep us in a war for his entire presidency. He also killed people at will with drone strikes, including Americans. The truth is, he got the award so that the Nobel committee could be politically correct because he was the first black president. As Megyn Kelly said, it’s a bullshit award.

There should be a legacy award for the work actually accomplished, like getting prisoners back. How about him being the only recent president to not have a war during his (first) term? He inherited one and is working for peace, but we’ll see.

Speculation is mounting that Donald Trump has just secured the Nobel Peace Prize after he brokered the historic peace agreement between Israel and Hamas to end the two-year war in Gaza.

Both sides have agreed to the first phase of Trump‘s plan to pause fighting and release hostages, a deal that could open the way to ending a brutal conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe.

The accord, if fully implemented, would bring the two sides closer than any previous effort to halt a war that had evolved into a regional conflict that has reshaped the Middle East.

With just hours to go before judges announce the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, experts are waiting to see whether the US president will win the prestigious award he has been yearning for since his election.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prestigious peace prize, held its final meeting on Monday. This means a decision was made about the laureate before the conclusion of the agreement between Israel and Hamas.

blah, blah, blah

Pet Meme’s

Early Headlines: Wind Farms Ravishing Nature, AI Debt Bubble, Self Driving Cars Crashing, China And Mexico Laundering US Dollars, Trump Welcomes Back Italians….and more

Climate

Green Energy’s High Price: Wind Farms Are Ravaging Nature, Biodiversity – Bird and Whale murderers

Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Now A Debt Bubble Too, Quietly Surpassing All Banks To Become The Largest Sector In The Market

EV’s

NHTSA Probing Tesla Full Self-Driving After Reports Of Red-Light Runs, Collisions – I’ll take the wheel for now. It used to be we only had to look out for drunk drivers, now this.

Social Media

15 Years Of Instagram – still causing teens to commit suicide after all these years

Investing

US Stock Ownership Is High But Unequally Distributed

Gold Is Saying The Fiat Currency Experiment Is Ending Globally; Rubino – Gold going up against Fiat Monies

Tech

America’s Growing Pushback Against Data Centers

International Crime

The Student Mule Economy: A Billion-Dollar Problem Hiding In Plain Sight – How China and Mexico are laundering drug money from the US

Elections

Former GOP Election Official Acquires Dominion Voting Systems, Affirms Commitment to Domestic Staffing and Paper Ballots

Italy

“We’re Back, Italians!”: Trump Signs Columbus Day Proclamation

Entertainment

Disney Jacks Up Its Prices on Tickets and Extras — Fed Up Americans REACT – I grew up next to Disney. It ruined our town and our lives. It’s not that great and certainly not worth the money. It’s also not the happiest place on earth as they claim. It’s hot, (used to have) long lines, expensive and not worth it. Occasionally, there is a Waffle House type fight. That’s the best attraction left.

Space

New study claims the giant impact that created the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin was oblique, from the south

Mid-Day Headlines: Teddy Bears Need More Diversity, Greta Gets An F In Social Media, China Uses AI For Authoritarian Abuse, Woman Cuts Man’s Testicle….and more

Woke

Now French “Experts” Say Our Teddy Bears Need More Diversity and Realism – Well, there’s an indication of what is going on in France

Energy

Trump Admin Keeps Handing Out Fossil Fuels Permits During Shutdown

Scandal

Biden’s Watergate – I thought [Smith] was smarter than this. I mean, I’ve got rocks in my driveway that are smarter than this.”

Oops: Greta Just Messed up Social Media So Badly That Even ‘Not the Bee’ Is Covering It – maybe this little twerp will just go away. All she really wants is headlines and fame.

Politics

The Democrats Are Not as They Appear – “They are not just Anti-American, they are anti-human”

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Accuses China of Exploiting ChatGPT for Authoritarian Abuses – It’s a tool used for good by the good and evil for the bad.

The War On Men

How Divorce Courts and Social Engineering Wage War on Men – no rational man volunteers for a game rigged against him.

REPORT: Woman Charged With Assault After Allegedly Breaking Into Man’s Home, Cutting His Testicle

Crime

BLM Activist Pleading Guilty In Case Involving Stolen Taxpayer Money Meant To Help Low-Income Families

The Curse Of Socia Media Disapproval

This goes with the post about standing alone in a crowd, but it came too late. It would have been perfect to show an entire post in a meme.

Thursday Meme Dump

5 – One of my favorite shows as a kid

8 It’s a shithole

The Courage to Stand Alone in an Age of Cowards

This happens to me a lot. Most recently, I was the only one in my family or friends who refused to get the COVID-19 jab. I was pressured on all sides, but it was wrong for me. People even told me how sorry they felt for me that I wasn’t. While I didn’t reciprocate the sentiment verbally, I was thinking how I felt sorry for them. That’s just one example, but it’s a pattern that goes through my life. I’m willing to stand up for what I believe in, even if it means facing ostracism. Inevitably, a lot of what caused my actions came true. It was worth not doing what everyone else does. In reading back that sentence to myself, I just realized that it sounds like my high school experiences.

Fortunately, my introvertedness allows me to move along and not worry if I’m the odd man out. It’s a blessing to not be in the crowd.

Now for the story:

The bravest souls are rarely the loudest in the room, but they are often the most misunderstood. In an age when conformity is dressed up as virtue and applause is the currency of self-worth, those who refuse to play by the script become lightning rods. They provoke discomfort simply by existing in truth. They trigger the insecure, unsettle the complacent, and disturb the carefully curated illusions of the fake.

We like to imagine that the pressure to conform ends with adolescence, with the awkward teenage years when belonging matters more than authenticity. But Solomon Asch’s conformity experiments in the 1950s proved otherwise. In a simple exercise—identifying which line matched another in length—he planted actors in the room to all give the same obviously wrong answer. Time and again, the lone real participant abandoned the truth they could plainly see with their own eyes and went along with the group. Three out of four conformed at least once. Not because they were fooled, but because they did not want to stand out. The fear of sticking out, of being “that person,” overpowered reality itself.

And here is the sobering part: that experiment never ended. It repeats itself every day in classrooms, workplaces, media echo chambers, and politics. People choose the safety of the crowd over the solitude of truth. They surrender what they know is real because they do not want the chill of unpopularity or the sting of rejection. The applause comes cheap, but the price of dissent feels unbearable.

Pair that with Stanley Milgram’s obedience studies in the 1960s—where 65 percent of participants willingly administered what they thought were lethal shocks to another person simply because an authority told them to—and you see the bleak pattern. Obedience to authority and conformity to the crowd are the twin forces that crush truth. And yet, every turning point in history has been authored by those who resisted both—the prophets, the dissidents, the whistleblowers, and the reformers.

To live this way is to accept loneliness as a companion. It is to endure suspicion, ridicule, and rejection, not because one is wrong but because one refuses to settle for the comforting lie. Truth costs dearly, but its reward is integrity: an internal compass that does not lose its bearing when the crowd veers off course.

Applause fades. It always does. What endures is the quiet, steady force of those who never sold out, never bent, and never exchanged their essence for acceptance. They may never be fully understood in their time, but they will always be remembered as the ones who saw clearly, stood firmly, and lived bravely.

source, except for the lead in which is my life

Different Headlines: What Is AI Taking Over, DC Police Manipulate Data To Make It Seem Safer, Celebrating The End Of EV’s, Army Bets On AI…..and more

Artificial Intelligence

What Exactly is AI Taking Over? – Yes, but the robots always kill the humans

New Harvest: AI, Automation, and the Displacement of College-Educated Workers

US Army Bets on AI to Rewrite the Battlefield

Antisemitism

Heiress to Holocaust gas fortune funds far-left and anti-Israel activism – They learned nothing in WWII

Europe’s Shameful Betrayal of Israel

Emerson College Faces Grim Times With Lower Enrollment, Revenue After Anti-Israel Protests

Terrorism

Report: Islamic State-Linked Militants Behead 30 Christians in Mozambique

Florida Man Charged In Deadly Pacific Palisades Inferno – I blew this story off 3 times until it said he was from Florida. I’m glad I move away from there.

Crime

EXCLUSIVE: How DC Police Manipulate Crime Stats To Provide False Veneer Of Safety

78% of Americans Favor Deportation of Criminal Illegal Aliens

“Marxist Billionaire” Neville Roy Singham Is Funding Protests Across the Nation [VIDEO]

Meet the “Worst of the Worst” Criminals Arrested by Heroic ICE Agents Working for Free Despite Schumer Shutdown

Tech

Microsoft Makes It Harder to Set Up Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account – They make everything hard.

Cars

Celebrating the End of EVs – get a big ass V-8 or a sweet sounding V-12

Celebtards

The Real Lesson of Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel – Don’t be such an asshole

What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself?

What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself?

Either my third-degree black belt in karate, or the hundred-mile bicycle race, while climbing in the Blue Ridge mountains.

Mid-Day Headlines: Naked Bike Rides, Drone Wars, The Cast Of Ferris Bueller Today, Digital ID Card Psyop…..and more

War

US Spy Jet Circles Russia Amid Drone War Fears

World War II-Era German Bunker Found Beneath Couple’s Home

Literacy

The dawn of the post-literate society…An Intellectual Tragedy

Entertainment

The Cast of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’ Then and Now…

Pets

‘Where’s Your Mama?’: Dog Steps In After Deputy Launches Search For Missing Elderly Woman

Europe

Everything Is Going Wrong For Europe’s Liberal Darling President

BMW Shares Post Sharpest Drop In Year After Profit Warning; Citi Flags China Troubles As Potentially “Irreversible” – I’d rather drive a Porsche anyway.

The BritCard Digital ID PsyOp – Covid lockdowns were just a trial run I guess

Health

Americans Want COVID-19-Era Policies to Sunset, Poll Finds – We didn’t want them to start

Terrorism

Another leftist-terrorist arrested for trying to blow up a church in DC where SCOTUS justices were planning to attend – Who’s causing the violence, despite the rhetoric?

Artificial Intelligence

Could AI’s Growing Thirst For Water Usher In Localized Resource Wars

Antifa

Portland to Deploy Naked Bike Ride Against National Guard – Oh that’s going to scare them, but then I’ve been to Portland, it actually might scare them

Mid Week Meme Dump

What Does AI Have To Say About This Blog

For kicks, I asked a couple of different engines….here you go

The blog johnsimonds.com, also known as “Delusions of Adequacy,” is written by John Simonds, a critical thinker and writer who uses sarcasm and analytical pattern recognition to explore various topics. The blog lampoons subjects like “Woke” culture, the behavior of “Karens,” hypocrites in positions of power, social media, technology, global power, and issues requiring thoughtful analysis.

Delusions is a platform where he expresses his sharp wit and critique of societal trends, often highlighting power grabs and manipulation, such as his early views on the COVID-19 vaccine narrative. His writing features a sarcastic tone combined with deep pattern recognition and analysis, aiming to reveal truths often obscured by media and political influences. Alongside societal topics, he also writes about introversion, IQ, and success strategies based on his observations and experiences.

Delusions has a background in communications and analyst relations, having worked for companies like IBM. His education includes philosophy (school of hard knocks) and business administration. The blog reflects his intellectual and somewhat contrarian perspective, mingled with a sarcastic style.

Overall, Delusions of Adequacy serves as an outlet for his critical and sometimes provocative views on contemporary cultural and political matters, as well as insights into intelligence, social behavior, and personal development.

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Then, there’s this:

Ideological / Political Slant
The blog clearly leans strongly toward conservative / anti‑liberal, reactionary rhetoric. Some posts present critiques of “left” ideologies, social justice, or what the author perceives as overreach by government, media, or academia. The language is blunt and provocative. (got that one right)

Mix of Personal and Public
The blog seems to straddle the line between being a personal blog (writing about “My Life,” self‑help, work experiences) and being an opinion / commentary site. The author uses personal voice, “I” statements, reflections, but also publishes political and public commentary. (yep)

Content, Themes & Style

The blog has multiple categories: My Life, Self‑Help, Work, News, General / Opinion, etc.
Self‑help category includes posts about mental and physical health, learning, productivity, and life decisions.
Work category includes posts critical of meetings, on work ethic, reflections from earlier jobs, aversion to inefficiency.
News / Political / Public Commentary is present — e.g. a post about Dr. Jorge Zamora‑Quezada’s alleged medical fraud is under the “news” category.
Another post, “Why Vegans Aren’t As Smart – Your Brain Needs Meat,” uses dismissive, provocative language toward veganism, calling it a “religion” and mocking it.
The tone is partisan and loaded: for instance, in a post about Jimmy Kimmel and celebrity commentary, the author uses strong language (“celebtards,” “they are so stupid,” etc.) and frames the discussion in combative, ideological terms.
Many posts are dated and archived over the years, including ones from 2012 (e.g. “How An Average Joe Can Be A Millionaire”)

Well, it’s somewhat close. At least they got the combatative, sarcastic, blunt, provocative and celebtards right. I thought I called Kimmel an asshole.

They missed the whole Introvert thing. That’s important to me

Oh, I do mock vegans. Sorry, but not sorry.

Morning Headlines

Economics

Mapping Extreme Poverty Across All American States – no suprise who has the most

Health

Shocking Fluoride Cover-Up: How Big Sugar Betrayed Your Teeth and Brain

Scientists Uncover How Fat-Clogged Brain Cells Could Fuel Alzheimer’s

Japan Issues Alert as Covid “Vaccine” Spike Found in Breast Cancer Tumors

Scientists Discover Hidden “Kill Switch” Created by Covid – let’s hope not

Anti-Semitism

What Does The ‘Juice Box’ Emoji Mean and Is It Banned on TikTok? Controversial Meaning Explained…

‘Hard to believe’: U.S. warned of ‘another 9/11’ if it ignores exploding anti-Semitism, surging radical Islam

As Israelis Mourn Two Years Since Oct.7, Houthis Attack Eliat With At Least 4 Drones

Crime

“Matters Of Corruption”: Biden Staff Blocked CIA From Distributing Hunter-Ukraine Concern Memo

Anaheim Man Shot After Charging Cop With Shovel Outside Elementary School – dumbass

Artificial Intelligence

‘Bigger, Faster, More Permanent Than All Waves Combined’: No Sector Will Be Untouched By AI

AI Revolution: Job Killing and Life Changing

Economy

Gold Tops $4,000 an Ounce as Fed Signals Rate Cuts and Dollar Slides – canary in the coal mine

Nature

Alligator Gets Front-Row Seat to Witness PGA Golfer Play a Ball From the Water’s Edge

Tech

Google’s Non-Apology, and the West’s Digital ID Creep – stop this now

Headlines: College Student Burned Alive In Cybertruck, Under Cover In The Greta Flotilla Hoax, Digital ID Lie In UK, Bringing Back The Muscle Car…..and more

College student burned alive after Tesla Cybertruck doors malfunctioned, trapped her inside following crash: suit…

Pearl Harbor

Remains Of US Navy Sailor Killed In Pearl Harbor Attack Identified Decades Later – Some Good News For His Family

Climate

Sea Level Rise Hoax Exposed: The Disappearing Islands That Refuse To Disappear – For Tim O’Reilly who is so worried about sea levels

Japan’s Green Energy Failures Serve as a Warning to the US: Don’t Fall for the Climate Agenda

Crime

“We Are Not Messing Around”: More Than 8,600 People Arrested In FBI Campaign Targeting Violent Crimes

Kier Starmer Is Lying To You, Digital ID is NOT About Immigration

FBI Says Jack Smith Monitored Private Calls Of Nearly A Dozen GOP Senators During Jan. 6 Probe

Hollywood

Hollywood Actors Bring Back Soviet Era “Committee For The First Amendment”

Jimmy Kimmel’s Ratings Collapse, Only Took ‘Comedian’ 5 Shows to End Up Back in the Basement – Assholes on parade

Cars

Stellantis’ $10 Billion Gamble Could Bring Back V8 Muscle Cars – Do you have a Hemi in that thang?

Toyota sold a mere 18 EVs in its home market in September 2025

Violence

There’s No Doubt Anymore: Here’s the Official Profile of the Violent Political Left

A woman went undercover into the Gaza flotillas—she recorded everything and has exposed the entire organization

Progressives

The Trouble With Progressivism

Europe

Germany’s “Debt Boom”: Merz’s €500 Billion Gamble Is Keynesian Madness On Steroids – Keynes is like communism. We’re still waiting for the first success of it

The Euro Crisis Draws Near

Medical

Public Debate About Covid-19 Vaccines Ended During the Biden Years, and Healthcare Professionals Led the Way – Doctors refusing to get boosters, so should you

Political Meme’s

How The WNBA Wants To Kill The Golden Goose, Or Incompetence At The Top

I’m not that different from most guys. I like to watch sports. I also hate woke crap. Just let sports be sports.

No one ever gave a tinker’s damn about the WNBA until Caitlin Clark showed up. Even then, the numbers say most watched her team, and the lesbians watched the rest of the league. Girls basketball is tough to watch for those of us who have seen MJ, Bird, Magic, Wilt Chamberlin, Bill Russell and a host of others. They are 2 different games.

The WNBA is closer to boys 10-14 basketball than anything else. Not a one of them can dunk or have the innate ability that MJ, Bird or Magic had. Clark has this. Look at her assist count.

Catilin could be the draw that could save the game, the ratings and help the league make money. Instead, they let the other players beat the hell out of her because she is (was) a rookie, white, straight, Christian, and didn’t fit the mold.

With her out for the season, I, like many others just don’t bother. It’s a waste of time. The game is boring, and she made at least half of a game watchable. I’ve yet to watch a full pro game of hers, although I did watch a college playoff game of hers.

This incompetence starts at the top:

Cathy Engelbert said what about Caitlin Clark?

Some of the most damaging comments – again, what has been alleged by Collier – involve Cathy Engelbert’s alleged complete dismissal of player salary concerns. Which, when you have a looming player strike, is probably not the best approach.

Engelbert allegedly responded that players like Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark should be grateful for their off-court earnings enabled by the WNBA platform.

“Caitlin should be grateful. She makes $16 million off the court, because without the platform that the WNBA gives her, she wouldn’t make anything,” Engelbert said, according to Collier.

“In that same conversation, she told me, players should be on their knees thanking their lucky stars for the media rights deal that I got them,” the Lynx star continued. “That’s [the] mentality driving our league from the top.”

Holy smokes. If there is a more tone deaf statement about the WNBA out there than that, you’d be hard-pressed to find it.

Players like Clark and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese didn’t rake in millions because of their play in the WNBA. They raked in millions because of their college play and the ensuing rivalry that began there.

And they only made that cash by leveraging other opportunities – Reese’s podcast success and deal with Reebok, and Clark’s Nike deals come to mind. Other, lesser-known players aren’t getting those kinds of off-court contracts and still have to plod their way through a WNBA season while getting paid roughly $75,000/year.

source

I stopped watching a lot of things that are boring or woke. The WNBA gets a two-fer on this.

While not a Bud Light tactic, the result is the same, kill the product’s sales.

The opportunity of a lifetime dropped in Englebert’s lap and she’s throwing it away. People flocked to the Lakers to see Kobe (not Lebron), the Bulls to see MJ, Bird vs Magic, or Stef Curry shoot. The league highlighted them and called fouls that were fouls.

As soon as I heard Caitlin was out, I and tons of others won’t bother turning it on until she comes back.

So she thinks Caitlin is lucky to be playing. The WNBA is lucky that she is playing, and hopefully will come back just as good. If they continue to let others hack her with cheap fouls, it will go back to the high school game that the WNBA has been all along.

It’s called Marketing. She should pay attention to it.

Headlines: Spices Now Radioactive, The Document They Were Looking For At Mar-A-Lago, Liberal Men Are Pussies, A Nobel For Our Immune System…..and more

Deep State

Maria Bartiromo Reveals The Document Deep State Actors Were Looking For at Mar-a-Lago Raid But Couldn’t Find

Covering Up the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History

Healthcare

You Can Draw a Direct Line From the Failures of Obamacare to Today’s Schumer Shutdown

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the human immune system – Don’t get a Covid jab

Liberal Men, Or Pussies…Same Thing

Liberal “Husband” Who Took Wife’s Last Name in Viral Video Is Actually, Well, You Know

The FDA Is Now Reporting That Some Imported Spices May Be Radioactive, Just Like the Shrimp

Legal

The Two-Tiered Justice Sham

Energy

AI’s ‘reliance on fossil fuels is almost unavoidable’: The NY Times now acknowledges that unreliable solar and wind can’t power data centers

Education

Harvard Faculty: School Is Losing Its Competitive Focus – It lost it a long time ago

Another black lady college president exposed as massive plagiarist… BWBB

Sports

NFL roundup: Broncos knock Eagles from unbeatens with furious comeback – The 72 Dolphins are still the only undefeated team, again.

Headlines: Dumbassery, Mail Carrier Shot By Amazon Driver, Kids Dying While Subway Surfing, How European Cities Have Grown Since 1975…..and more

Crime and Terrorism

Jews Warned UK of Rising Anti-Semitism, Harassment, Long Before Manchester Synagogue Murders

US Postal Service Mail Carrier Shot By Amazon Driver

Man Pleads Guilty to Concealing Donations to ISIS. Democrats Stay Silent.

Sports

Tar Heels Fans Rip Bill Belichick After Embarrassing Loss to Clemson: ‘Saddest Feelings’ – UNC should stick to basketball

Government Tyranny

TSA abuse of no-fly lists was more Biden-era ‘quiet tyranny’

Dumbassery

Kids in New York Keep Dying While ‘Subway Surfing’ on Top of Trains. Can They be Stopped?

Space

Jeff Bezos Says Millions of People Will be Living in Space ‘in the Next Couple of Decades’ (VIDEO)

Antifa

WATCH: ICE posts video of agents giving Portland activist a ‘ride’

DEI

Mississippi used money designated to fight infections for DEI instead

EV’s

Nearly One-Third Of EV Charging Attempts Fail, Report Finds

Crypto

Stablecoin Market Boom To $300B Is ‘Rocket Fuel’ For Crypto Rally

Health

CDC Says 98 People Sickened In Norovirus Outbreak On Royal Caribbean Ship – a floating pietri dish

Europe

How Europe’s Cities Have Grown Since 1975

The Cold, Hard Airport-Floor Truth – Why I hate Air Travel

Woke

Cracker Barrel Dumps Woke Agency Responsible For Logo Change Amid Exec Departure

The relationship of nutrient density to heart health

You’ve probably seen all kinds of literature on why you should eat “nutritiously” for your heart. But when’s the last time your doctor talked to you about nutrient density?

If the answer is “never,” you’re not alone.

Nutrient density is possibly the most preventive factor of death from cardiovascular disease, so it’s upsetting to think it’s likely one of the least discussed topics in the doctor’s office

Here’s a primer on the importance of balancing, managing, and improving the nutrient density of your diet.

First: a brief definition

We’ve had countless conflicting voices around the so-called “best” type of nutrition in the past several decades. This is likely one of the reasons why “nutrient density” isn’t well defined in most scientific research.

Yes, we have definitions from the American food pyramid, and from a few other sources dating back 10 to 15 years ago. But these are largely confusing and relatively outdated, such as demonizing salt and solid fats, for example.

Nutritionally-dense food is:

Whole, real food. That means your grandma would recognize it as food. It also wouldn’t come from a factory with a large ingredients list.
A direct contributor of necessary nutrients. This means macronutrients such as protein and fat, plus key vitamins and minerals.
Absence of harmful compounds. By this, I mean few carbohydrates, seed oils, added sugar, or oxalates.

More here

Marriage Monday Meme’s

Headlines: Dating App Fatigue, Natural Gas

Lying and Medical Malpractice

Kids’ Gender Doctors Knew Treatments Weren’t Scientific Years Ago, Emails Reveal – Doctors are supposed to do no harm. What happened?

Education

Detroit Duo Stole $12M in Student Aid Amid Biden Administration Oversight Failures

Energy

U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas Exports Reach New Record in September

Crime

Charlotte NC’s police union is now BEGGING President Trump for the National Guard to come help them…

Crooked Hillary Just Slipped Up — and Exposed the Left’s Biggest Fear

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift’s New Album Is a Masterpiece of Cringe…

Media

(GALLUP) Trust in media at new low of 28% in US

Terrorism

Ilhan Omar DONOR Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Join ISIS

Dating

Dating App Fatigue Emerges

Morning Headlines: Where Beer Is Cheapest (and most expensive), Europe’s Green Suicide, Beer Shortage In Japan, Smearing Dog Doo On Cybertruck….and more

EV’s

Fires in Japan Caused by Battery Chargers Prompt Calls for Greater Awareness of Risks

Climate Scam

Europe’s Green Suicide Is China’s Dream — America Must Not Repeat It

Rabid Climate Group Goes to War with Trump to Protect Its ‘Major’ Financier: George Soros

No Hurricanes Make Landfall In United States By September For First Time In 10 Years

The Devil’s Algorithm: Unplugging from the Climate Matrix

Tech

Japan faces Asahi beer shortage after cyber-attack

Big Tech Admissions And The 2020 Election: A Verdict

Energy

Federal Judge Tosses Biden’s Offshore Drilling Ban

Woke

Leftists in Portland, Oregon Planning ‘Emergency’ Naked Bike Ride to Protest Trump and ICE (VIDEO)

“The Floor Fell Out”: LA’s Entertainment Industry Is In Full Collapse – How about making good entertainment for a change. People don’t want woke crap

The Courage To Stand Alone In An Age Of Cowards

The FBI’s bombshell report exposes its rotten, weaponized core…

WATCH: Vile Woman Caught on Camera Smearing Dog Feces on Patriotic Trump-Themed Cybertruck in Chicago

Education

What’s in Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education – A Point-by-Point Analysis

Economy

7 Midlife Money-Traps That Could Drain Your Wealth

These Are The Cities With The Highest Grocery Prices Worldwide

Mapping America’s Consumers: Median Household Income By Retailer

Where Beer Is Cheapest (And Most Expensive)

Health

Naomi Wolf on Pfizer: “This Is Satanic on a Massive Level” [VIDEO]

Starmer Chose Islam Over Britain and Now We See the Consequences – Just like every time in history

China and War

China Reportedly Operated SIM Farm Network Designed To Crash NYC Cell Networks

AOTW

It would be too easy to pin this on Schumer, but he got the shutdown named for him and the longer Government isn’t working, the less money they are wasting.

Actress and comedian Leslie Jones swung by Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Thursday for one of her irregularly scheduled rants. This time, Jones, who is not exactly struggling financially, demanded other people pay her reparations and wondered why America hates black people.

Jones kicked off her rant by discussing social media posts by President Trump about the Smithsonian that argued the museums were too negative and focused too much on slavery, “Honestly, honestly, I don’t think museums go far enough. If you don’t leave an African American history museum weeping and wanting to give your closest black friends reparations, then they didn’t do the museum right. And let me say this, by the way, 40 acres and a mule is not enough anymore. I want 40 acres and a trust fund, how about that? Matter of fact, throw in the mule if you want to. I need something to carry my money.”

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But, it’s going to be hard to top this asshole.

Tennis legend Serena Williams recently asked her social media followers their opinions on some decor she found inside a New York City hotel.

Williams was in town for an event put on by apparel companies SKIMS and Nike, which included a walk on a red carpet with Kim Kardashian. On Thursday, Williams made a temporary Instagram story post from inside an unknown hotel room where she made a discovery.

‘She has a thing against cotton??’

In a point-of-view video, Williams walks up to a cotton plant sitting on a table in a hallway and asks her audience, “All right, everyone. How do we feel about cotton as decoration?”

On the page TheShadeRoom, black viewers overwhelmingly disagreed with Williams taking issue with the plant.

“I don’t feel nothing about it!! It’s cute. She has a thing against cotton??” asked Gee Gee.

“I actually think it’s beautiful [art] decoration,” said a woman named Constance.

“They weren’t out there for her to see it as an offensive gesture. … It’s decor,” a man named Jay commented.

“It’s a plant! We aren’t picking it, giving free labor anymore! It’s a beautiful plant,” remarked Kiesha.

A few viewers inferred from Williams’ video that she saw the decoration as racist, with a woman named Charlandra claiming, “Seeing raw cotton can evoke racial trauma, recalling the forced labor our ancestors endured while picking raw cotton! Some of these hotels do have racial undertones! It’s a weird looking plant.”

At the same time though, kiky808 said, “Victim card race baiting bs while wearing a blonde wig.”

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She can be a real asshole to people. She’s rude and racist, despite being married to a white man.

Headlines:

Media

‘It’s Become A Running Gag Now’: Megyn Kelly Guest Laughs Because ‘Democrats Don’t Know How To Meme’

Terrorism

2 Years Later, ‘Much of the World No Longer Remembers Oct. 7’

20 Years After the Muhammad Cartoons

Woke

Netflix Hemorrhages $15 BILLION in Just One Week After Elon Musk Calls for Boycott Over Woke Cartoon Pushing Trans Agenda to Kids

Virginia Democrat and Amateur Porn Star Susanna Gibson of “Hotwifeexperience” Arrested for Domestic Violence

War

Danish PM Alleges Russian ‘Hybrid’ Drone War ‘Only The Beginning’ – Why is it that Europe starts this again. Did they forget how it ends. There are no winners.

Economy

Democrats Promised to Livestream the Shutdown — It Was a Disaster

Putting Patients In Charge, Not In Line To Die

German Tax Raid: Marriage Splitting on the Chopping Block

Prioritizing Illegals Over Seniors: How Democrat Medicaid Experiments Leave Citizens Behind

Science

Democrats Promised to Livestream the Shutdown — It Was a Disaster – and some people think we’ve discovered everything there is. It’s why a lot of arguments are baseless.

The Devil’s Algorithm: ‘Unplugging from the Climate Matrix’ – ‘In an analysis of 1,500 Google search results, 98% aligned with the climate alarmist narrative and 0% were skeptical’

The Best Of Stuff You See At Walmart – Last One

I hope you’ve enjoyed the series. This is the end of the material for now. I’ll come up with something else as life presents the opportunity to laugh.

Stuff You See At Walmart

And You Parents Thought You Were Sending Your Kids To Harvard For A Quality Education

Harvard hires drag queen named ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ as visiting professor

Once again, the Ivy League has lowered the bar for the most expensive education you can buy.

Harvard University hired a drag performer as a new professor — who is expected to teach a class on TV show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in the spring semester, the Ivy League school announced over the summer.

The institution welcomed Kareem Khubchandani in a July message to the college community and revealed that the visiting professor from Tufts University will teach in the Studies of Gender and Sexuality program thanks to the Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus.

Khubchandani is perhaps better known by his stage name, “LaWhore Vagistani” — a persona that the academic has made an integral part of their pedagogy.

The professor will often lecture in the guise of “LaWhore,” which has been a personal project for over a decade, even spawning a music video titled “Sari.”

Tech

Apple & Microsoft Join Google in Shunning Right-Leaning News on Gov’t Shutdown

Report: Anti-Israel, Pro-Hamas Bias at Wikipedia Continues Despite Widespread Criticism

Health

Ditching Smartphones Key to Teenage Mental Health – Meta apps the worst

Boston Hospital Warns Instant-Noodle TikTok Trend Is Responsible for One Third of Recent Child Burns

Humor

“Hold My Beer’ Actually Starts at “Hold My Sippy Cup” [VIDEO]

North Koreans Ordered To Identify Women With “Un-Socialist” Breasts

Woman Arrested for Wrecking Little Caesar’s Pizza Over $1 Surcharge for Sauce

Media

‘28% of Americans are retards’: Gallup poll shows trust in media continues to plummet

Stephen King Becomes “Most Banned” Author in School Libraries for Sexual and Adult Themes

Nature

Landslide Sends SUV Flying Off Mountain Road As Typhoon Bualoi Strikes Vietnam

Other

“Blatant Fraud”: USCIS Operation Uncovers Fraud In 44% Of Pending Immigration Cases In Minneapolis

Headlines: Energy Department Saves $7.5 Billion, NPR Off Taxpayer Gravy Train, One Person Knows When The Shutdown Will End, Drug Resistant Bacteria up 70%…..and more

Propaganda

NPR Host Announces They’re Off the Taxpayer Gravy Train but Still Here, Strong and Vital

Politics

Obama and Mamdani: Politicians Who Want to Destroy America

Jim Jordan Identifies The One Person Who Knows When Shutdown Ends

Germany’s Biggest Tax Hike Since WWII: SPD Targets Families

Hypocracy

“That Was You THREE TIMES”: CNN Host Confronts Cuck Schumer for Previously Opposing Government Shutdowns

Biden’s ElderCare Staffers Didn’t Just Prepare Note Cards With the Names and Faces of Leftwing “Journalist” Plants to Call On. His Memory Was So Degraded They Prepared Photo-Cards of Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer

My Message to the American Left

Health

20-Year Study Reveals That Eating Breakfast Later in the Morning Could Shorten Your Life

CDC Reports that Cases of Drug-Resistant ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Up by 70%

Is Grass-Fed Beef Worth the Bother?

At least two killed as car drives into crowd outside Manchester synagogue

Terrorism

Trump Admin Drops Hammer on 5 Individuals, 1 Organization Tied to Iranian Nuclear Program

Neighbor Sick of Antifa Violence Has a Message for Portland’s ‘Failed Leadership’

Hamas Comes to Berlin

• The Left-Wing Terror Memeplex

Secret Service

Secret Service Agent Fell Asleep on the Job at United Nations General Assembly – And Left His Fully Automatic Rifle Unattended (PHOTOS)

Climate

The Amazon’s “CO₂ Problem”? Turns Out the Trees Love It – So Does the Media

Energy Dept. Axes 223 Biden-Era ‘Green New Scam’ Projects, Saves $7.5 Billion

Technology

Google Finally Admitted Conservatives Were Right All Along, but There’s a Big Catch

Sports

ESPN Analyst Takes Massive Dump on Network’s $2.8 Billion Investment

Generations

Bigger Homes, Better Cars, Longer Lives: The Truth About Today

Who’s The Facist Now? Swalwell: Democrats will target private citizens who work with Trump admin

California Democrat Representative Eric Swalwell told CNN News Central co-host Kate Bolduan on Monday that House Democrats plan to scrutinize private citizens working with the Trump administration, following the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

A federal grand jury indicted Comey on Thursday on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction related to a testimony he gave during a September 2020 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Meanwhile, Swalwell has since expressed confidence that Democrats will regain control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections.

“Well, first, we’re making it clear that we’re going into the majority a year from now,” Swalwell said. “We have every intention to do that, and so we will bring oversight, accountability, we will subpoena the Department of Justice, but also private actors who have done these drug deals with the administration, college campuses, entertainment companies, law firms and so accountability is coming.”

“And so, one, it’s all coming out, two, I hope that deters people from doing more of these deals, these one-offs with the president,” he continued. “One other point, though, on Comey, Kate, this happened when Donald Trump was president. So if you’re trying to tell me this is not politically motivated, the statement that they’re referring to where he allegedly lied, Donald Trump was president, so why didn’t you indict him then? The fact that he’s indicting him now just makes it look even more politically motivated, and so I’m pretty confident that this will either be dismissed or Mr. Comey will be acquitted by a jury of his peers.”

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Introvert Meme’s

The UN – Rejecting Civilization

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October 1, 2025

Rejecting Civilization

By William R. Hawkins

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In his address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, President Donald Trump claimed that “the UN has such tremendous potential” but was not using it. What did this mean? The UN officially is a member’s organization, a meeting place for diplomacy. Did Trump want to go beyond this and see a UN as a powerful organization operating on its own? The UN has grown into a massive bureaucracy, with over 130,000 people. Secretary-General António Guterres speaks for the UN as if it were the prototype for a world government. Autonomous UN agencies like the International Criminal Court, World Trade Organization, and International Seabed Authority already behave as if they are global governing bodies able to act against national states. As a nationalist, Trump could not have been calling for the UN to further expand to fulfill its ‘potential.”

The UN is a sanctuary for third-ratestaffers and pseudo-intellectuals from around the world on the lam from reality. A giant, well-funded faculty lounge. Trump mentioned how the UN is “creating new problems for us to solve.” By supporting mass migration, “the United Nations is funding an assault on Western countries and their borders… every sovereign nation must have the right to control their own borders.” And on the climate issue, “I’m telling you that if you don’t get away from the ‘green energy’ scam, your country is going to fail.”

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Headlines: Which Retailer Is Getting Rid Of Food Products With Synthetic Dyes, What You Need To Know About AI Scams….and more

Health

Major American Retailer To Rid Food Products Of Synthetic Dyes

Canada’s Birth Rate Plunges to Lowest Level in History – The Covid-19 jab worked as planned

Economy

“Big Losses”: Study Confirms Gavin Newscum’s $20-an-Hour Minimum Wage Decimated Industry

Ranked: The Biggest Buyers of U.S. Debt

U.S. Housing Heat Map Signals Ongoing Deceleration As Buyers Wait For Lower Rates

Technology

What You Need to Know About AI Scams – kinda scary

AOL Finally Ends A Painfully Slow Chapter Of Internet History

Human Capabilities

Lady Wins the Biggest Prize in Wheel of Fortune History [VIDEO]

MMA Fighter Knocks Opponent Out Cold Then Gets Suplexed by the Referee for Putting His Junk in Opponent’s Face

Climate

California Pulls Plug on its Delusional Electric Truck Mandate

Illegals

ICE Nabs 16 More ‘Worst of the Worst’ in Ill. Operation

Rep. Ro Khanna Says the Quiet Part Out Loud — Admits Democrats Want YOUR Tax Dollars to Fund Illegal Aliens

Europe

The French protest over raised retirement age…they never want to work

Entertainment

‘A Fistful of Dollars’ to ‘Rambo’: the late Renato Casaro’s movie posters – in pictures…

2025 Ryder Cup Ratings Historically Bad: REPORT – I guess they watched football or played Golf instead of watching New Yorkers being assholes to the European team.

WNBA Players Speak Out About League’s Pathetic Leadership Under Commissioner Cathy Engelbert – The league is pathetic without Caitlin Clark

What Are The Biggest Differences Between Pro Golfers And Everyone Else (Including Scratch Players)

This post was written by asking an AI engine to summarize it for me. It’s in the head, as there are a lot of good ball strikers, as is the image above, but that doesn’t make them a pro golfer.

Here goes:

The biggest differences between professional golfers and regular golfers, including scratch golfers, lie in several key aspects of the game: driving distance, consistency, short game, course management, and mental approach.

Driving Distance

Professional golfers significantly outperform regular and scratch golfers in driving distance. On average, PGA Tour professionals drive around 300 yards off the tee, with longer hitters exceeding 320 yards. In contrast, scratch golfers average about 259-265 yards. This 30 to 40-yard difference per drive is substantial over an 18-hole round, making the course effectively play much longer for scratch and regular golfers.

Consistency and Fairway Accuracy

Scratch golfers tend to hit a slightly higher percentage of fairways than some pros, but this is often because pros take more aggressive lines and face firmer, faster course conditions. However, the pros’ greater consistency and shot-shaping ability allow them to recover better from misses. Regular golfers, including scratch golfers, may lack this reliability and precise shot control.

Short Game and Putting

While the difference in putting between pros and scratch golfers is smaller than often assumed—a typical pro puts about one stroke better per round—their short game skills stand out. Pros have a diverse array of reliable shots around the greens and get up-and-down nearly 60% of the time, whereas scratch golfers may lack the finesse and variety, resulting in tougher putts after chip shots. Regular golfers often struggle more with the short game, which greatly affects scoring.

Course Management and Mental Approach

Professional golfers approach each shot with a calculated plan, relying heavily on data, math, and course knowledge. They strategically choose safer or aggressive shots based on conditions and their skill level. Regular golfers, including scratch players, tend to stick to familiar shots and less calculated strategies. Mentally, pros exhibit stronger confidence and a winning mindset, treating good shots as expected and learning quickly from errors, unlike many amateurs who may feel lucky or resigned after similarly good or bad shots.