This is a parallel I've drawn on several podcasts and will continue to draw. In 2010 a young Tunisian man was denied the ability to operate his fruit cart by local authorities. He set himself on fire in protest. This event kicked off the "Tunisian revolution". This man burning himself alive was the final straw and anger towards local law enforcement and government corruption turned into violent revolt. This revolt spilled over into neighboring nations and became the Arab Spring. In the United States and in most of the western world, similar circumstances have been created. People have not been allowed to work or entertain themselves. Trust in law enforcement and government has been eroded. I hope that I won't be warning about another mass shooting or more civil unrest this week, but it's much more likely than not. A dangerous situation has been created.
I'd like to get personal with you guys for a minute. Teaching self-defense and doing this is a side gig for me. For years I've donated any money raised. It's always been about helping people. Locals subscriptions are the first I've ever taken any money. I'm trying to offset the cost of sending my daughter to Christian school next year. Nuts like this are exactly why I've been homeschooling her. Just letting you know what your subscription is helping with. It's not that we need the money, but it helps. I did used to work with this woman indirectly. It's the first day of the trial. She believes she's fighting white supremacy. I'm not sure how.
Yesterday saw a Stop Asian Hate rally is clash with a Pro-Uighur drive by. The pro-Uighur group shouted “F*ck China!” The Asian rally responded by calling them “racist.” It never escalated beyond the yelling. The "Stop Asian Hate" is sort of a trend right now, so it will be curious to see if this kind of backlash continues into the future.
Polls presented like this appeal to a bandwagon fallacy (most people believe x, therefore x is true). It is designed to make people believe Cuomo should not resign because most people don't want him to. How many people do you think were polled to represent all New York voters? (I'll give the answer to those who answered at 12/11c)
Here's a couple of interesting infographics comparing Russian to Chinese influence on the continent of South America (swipe right to see both infographics). I was actually thinking about Africa when I posted this and needed to correct it. China has also invested heavily in Africa as part of it's Belt and Road initiative.
Moderna Is Testing Its Covid-19 Vaccine on Young Children - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/moderna-is-testing-its-covid-19-vaccine-on-young-children-11615892416
Considering the massive tech hack that @Tasha17 posted about yesterday, are you planning on going in a more low-tech direction or are you already operating pretty low-tech?
Undercover Operation Leads to
Arrests of Child Sex Predators
A multi-agency operation targeting online child sex predators led to 14 arrests on March 2 and 3,
2021.
Members of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Child Exploitation Task Force,
Southern Nevada Human Trafficking Task Force, and the Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children
Task Force participated in the two-day operation. Undercover agents posed as juveniles online. After
being solicited for sex by the adult suspects, a meeting was set up and the suspects were taken into
custody.
Those arrested were Jordan Archila Martinez, 24; Jonathan Santos, 28; Pedrito Castillo, 28; Kerry
Krukenberg, 40; Trent Courtney, 25; George Espinoza, 34; Rafael Villarreal, 35; Andrew Lee, 40;
Joal Robles, 29; Erik Huey, 49; Carey Sherwood, 50; Rene Zuniga, 42; Deonta Griffin, 36; and
Roderick Schmitt, 47. Each was booked into the North Las Vegas Community Correction Center for
Luring a Minor with the Use of a Computer to Engage in Sexual Conduct. Their booking photos,
provided by the North Las Vegas Police Department, accompany this release.
The participating task forces are comprised of detectives and agents from the LVMPD, NLVPD,
Henderson Police Department, Nevada Attorney General’s Office, FBI and Homeland Security
Investigations.
I'm going on a podcast tomorrow morning to talk about political violence. What do you see as the number one thing likely to lead to political violence? Is it the political restrictions that are making it hard to make a living? Is it lack of consequences (particularly for left-wing violence)? Is it deplatforming from social media platforms that leading to segregation and radicalization? Is it the FBI pushing it? Is it the president's administration's treatment of political opponents? Is it removing bread and circuses via Covid restrictions? Is it something else? (P.S. I won't steal your idea, I already have my talking points, which come from the list above)
This is the kind of military-industrial garbage I listen to to stay informed. The podcast is sponsored by Lockheed Martin and hosted by former deputy director of the CIA Michael Morell. In this episode partisan Democrat Adam Schiff goes on to talk about how the Intelligence Community had become politicized under Trump, but he's fixing everything. He talks about how conspiracy theories about the "deep state" have harmed their reputation. The question is this: How do you define the "Deep state"? Bonus Question: Isn't Adam Schiff the worst?
