Sugoi & Yokunai

Hillsdale Church is going to be a homeless village. Bet those church-goers never counted on their house of worship turning into something else entirely. This is why I think that organized religion is really there to serve its devotees, not the world at large. When they venture into things like social services, they end up not really helping anyone. They won't meet the needs of those who wanted a quiet place of worship and the community it provides. Instead they'll have to deal with theft, drug use and violence, vandalism and in time, the church will eventually find themselves financially unviable themselves as well.  Stay in your lane, Hillsdale Church.

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Over 70 Families Say They Lost Their Children to False Munchausen by Proxy Allegations Levied by One Doctor. A lot of trust has been lost in the medical profession due to COVID-19 and the vaccines. Now woke doctors sold on the gender-craziness will lead to more loss of respect for medical professionals. This is absolutely nuts, and I share the anger and sorry for these families.

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Another one bites the dust. Claudia's on Hawthorne is closing. It's the usual suspects: crime and taxes. Same as usual.

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Sumo wrestling group was refused a flight on JAL due to weight restrictions. I find it hard to believe that this is a real problem in today's world.

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Ontario is Oregon's most dangerous city?  Get outta here! But here are the ten best places to live in Oregon. According to RoadSnacks, anyway - the website where they says stuff "no one else has the guts to say".

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Oregon and Washington lead the nation!  In fentanyl deaths. Wut?

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Can a Donor Revolt Save American Universities?  You mean it took Hamas to get rich donors to wake up? You guys were OK with everything else? Sheesh.

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Well, the Japanese were ahead of the game on this one. "A.I. Tinder" won't disappoint you. What a sorry society we live in today. But for some people, it may indeed be better than nothing. Pretty soon, it will be "Why bother?"

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Just when you thought humanity couldn't stoop lower. Hawaii vandals are dismantling the early warning siren system for parts. Hawaii can't have nice things anymore.

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But we have official Space Rangers, now. The Space Force was one of the things Trump started.

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Strike nation!  Now Walgreen's pharmacists might strike. And Rite-Aid is going bankrupt. You loving Biden's economy yet?

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A lot of people are putting their homes up for sale in Multnomah County.  Wonder why?

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What's the difference between doctors and advanced nurse practitioners? The difference is getting to be small, and the best of nurse practitioners are better than the worst of the doctors. As clinicians become more scarce and as resources diminish, cost-conscious healthcare organizations will increasingly look for nurse practitioners. On the other hand, doctors will be needed but more as researchers and investigators than just care providers. The bar will be raised.

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Even China's birthrate is decreasing. Never seemed to be a problem before. What changed?

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Elon Musk weighs in on anti-Asian discrimination by elite schools. Musk can sway public opinion, so it's good that he's taking up this issue, even if briefly. As always, reactions to what he says are telling.

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Feel the need to bloviate? Words that deserve wider use. Time to expand your vocabulary.

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Incomes are falling in 17 states. Do you think Oregon is one of them?  Did you really need to click to find out?

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Fragrance that smells like brand new electronics. Yeah, that'll get the babes I wanna be with.

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Male menopause - is it a thing? The symptoms are lack of energy, weight gain (including “man boobs”), sexual difficulties, sleep problems, anxiety, irritability, depression. You don't have to be middle-aged to get these. Sounds kinda bogus to me.

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No, You Aren’t Getting a Bonus. Your Company Is Just Testing You. 

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That's gonna leave a mark. IRS says Microsoft may owe more than $29 billion in back taxes.  Of course, Microsoft disagrees, and I would bet that other companies use transfer pricing as well. This is probably being watched closely.

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A Low-Income Housing Complex Was Lauded as a Model for Pulling People Out of Homelessness. Three Years Later, Tenants Are Fleeing.  This is why Portland runs out of money. This is low-income housing. No need to get fancy. And sharing stuff with other low-income tenants is always a bad idea.  Check out their common areas:

No it's not made from the grain. Scientists at Rice university engineered a material can reconnect severed nerves.  I hope this is really something that will make a difference, unlike all those battery breakthrough announcements that don't lead to anything.

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Toyota is developing an ammonia-powered engine. The goal is a carbon emission-free engine, but is it worth the danger and expense?

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Now that X/Twitter is degenerating, some people want blogs to come back. Hey, this ronin is already there.

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Huge kicker refund is still on the table for Oregon taxpayers. The biggest yet. Will it survive Democrat efforts to grab some of that money?

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Don't drive too close to the Tesla in front of you. Maybe it's the front facing camera seeing objects that aren't there.

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When I was young, I heard that being a veterinarian was great, because you could be a doctor, but that it was a lot easier than working on humans. In reality, it's taking a toll. Many are finding that the demands and stress are unbearable.

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The walls of the budge sinkhole are steeper. How did this happen? The US national debt increased by half a trillion in just 20 days. The GOP run the House now, so it's clear the UniParty is in charge.

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Warp drive - still a ways away. Oh well. Two hundred more years before the 23rd century.

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This is true. With all that surveillance, how did Israel not know? All those eyes to look – but no brains to see.

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Migration into Oregon appears to be slowing. But there are less people ditching Oregon drivers licenses for Washington, California or Idaho, so what's the net? Maybe they're going to other states, like Arizona.

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This looks cool. Get the "Hollywood Look" with an iPhone!  Can it be true?  It's free and it doesn't "phone home"?  What's the catch?

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This is worthy of the Nobel Prize? They should eliminate the economics, literature and peace prizes and start a mathematics Nobel Prize. 

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While everyone (it seems) is striking, some employers are already replacing "lazy girl" jobs with A.I.  No wonder they want us to pay off their student loans.

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Pretending to care. Why should we take the US Commission on Civil Rights seriously? The government wants to tell Asians what kind of oppression and discrimination is acceptable and what is not, basically. Anti-Asian violence is bad, unless it's by black people. Discrimination is bad, unless it impacts black people. Is that it?

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No psychoactive mushrooms in California?  Clearly someone wants to seem reasonable prior to running for president. We see you.

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Can you say "Conflict of Interest?" This story is everywhere.  JAMA didn't dig deep enough when asking about disclosures. Now the report that supports the reason for Measure 110 is utterly discredited. Credits to Jeff Eager for rooting this out.

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Sign of the times.  What happened?

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Interesting – these two images are working QR codes.  They take you to the creator's website - QRBTF.ai.

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Generative AI Is a Disaster, and Companies Don’t Seem to Really Care.  Nope, not when there are short-term profits to be had.

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....the preliminary results of this investigation suggest that the login credentials used in these access attempts may have been gathered by a threat actor from data leaked during incidents involving other online platforms where users have recycled login credentials,” they said.

“It’s very concerning that 23andme has such a big loophole in their website design and security where they are just freely exposing peoples info just by typing a profile ID into the URL.

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Don't get sick. U.S. cancer centers report ongoing shortage of chemotherapy drugs. Anyone done with the Biden administration, yet?

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First external links. Now news headlines for news stories. X/Twiiter is getting to be less usable.

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What?!? This came out last summer and I missed it, but apparently Pfizer had two vax manufacturing processes: one for the clinical trials, and one for general public consumption. The one for clinical trials used PCR amplification, but the one for the public used plasmids. Now there are reports of plasmid contamination in the vax product. This is crazy! Why was the FDA asleep at the wheel.

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