The DDOS continues in some shapeshifting form. While someone appears to have turned off the bot farm in Vietnam the traffic continues from the US. Apologies to readers…
We will overcome. Thanks for your patience. — Jo
I’m just trying to post a note in the unthreaded tonight. It looks like I won’t be able to finish a post tonight. Very difficult to get any windows working normally…
Sorry for your troubles, Jo. On a lighter note this reminds me of a puzzling error message from a Microsoft product years ago — “Window will not fit”. But my favorite is from a 3D navigation program — “You cannot see this object because it is behind you.” AI should have some fun responses but I have yet to hear of any,
This sounds like a message I use to get on one of the very early versions of Windows (version 1 or 2?), when windows were tiled onto the screen and could not overlap.
The left’s shifting attitudes towards free speech have become blatant in the last five years. From the widespread call for censoring covid dissenters to the repression of the Hunter Biden laptop story to the assault on conservative social media to the intensifying campaign for a dragnet censorship against “misinformation,” liberals have greatly narrowed the protections they believe speech deserves.
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Now, except when it comes to the speech of favored interest groups, the left no longer advocates a consistent defense of free speech. Indeed, the only way to mount a principled defense of speech is to defend the speech of those with whom one disagrees. To the left, censorship is no longer a speech issue. It has become a tool within their arsenal of political weaponry.
Instances of leftist-inspired speech harassment span the spectrum of contemporary life. A pro-life position can subject you to FBI harassment. A skepticism on lockdowns or mandated vaccines can brand you as a social outcast. And an adherence to certain religious views can subject you to innumerable sanctions.
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Instead of a belief in truth, the progressive left promotes scientific and bureaucratic expertise. This advocacy of technocratic expertise flourished during the New Deal and continues to characterize the progressive left in the United States, as exemplified in the Covid lockdowns and the climate change debates. However, this reliance on expertise—rather than a belief in the broader concept of truth—renders the marketplace of ideas irrelevant, since the general population by definition does not possess a specialized scientific or technical expertise.
With its loss of faith in truth or in principles of unity that transcend the divergent interest groups in society, the left possesses no message that can unify a diverse society.
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Even if the left still believes in truth, they may think it holds a monopoly on such truth and that its ideas are the only correct and enlightened ideas. And there is no need for a marketplace of ideas if one side already has a monopoly on truth. This attitude may explain the growing liberal intolerance for dissent—an intolerance that can even condone violence, as exemplified by the university professor who called for all men who did not vote for Kamala Harris to be lined up and shot.
Jo, this is a good reminder of how hard you work to keep this site available to publish information that keeps us informed. Some thank you Chocolates are headed your way.
Thanks for the reminder, Ric.
For some of us residing in the USA, this is relevant.
“Social Security payments in July 2025 will be distributed on the following Wednesdays: July 2, July 9, July 16, and July 23, depending on the recipient’s birth date. Those with birthdays from the 1st to the 10th will receive their payment on July 9, those from the 11th to the 20th on July 16, and those born after the 20th on July 23.” First disbursement is supplemental $$$.
After July 9th I will hit the Tip Jar – – that can be found at the upper right of this page.
It was interesting watching the Lamestream Media report on Greta Thunberg’s provocative trip to Gaza into a declared prohibited war zone.
They kept on describing the vessel she was on as a “ship” but a ship is normally accepted as having a mass of 500 tonnes or more and “a ship can carry a boat but a boat can’t carry a ship”. And there are other differences. She was on a boat. The lack of general knowledge of “journalists” is appalling.
Anyway, now Thunberg has been arrested and fed, before the Israelis send her home they intend to show her the videos of the October 7th atrocities the terrorists she supports proudly took themselves and posted online and livestreamed.
And she and her comrades had zero concern for the Israeli hostages taken and still held by the terrorists or the Oct 7th atrocities which started the war in the first place.
Whether she’s shocked by those images or not will be a good test of her character, or lack thereof.
Hi DM. I doubt the Doom Goblin will have any clue. To quote Thomas Sowell “Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” And they don’t come much more useless.
The boat, called the Madleen (12 person) is named “after Gaza’s first female fisherwoman“: [How do they know that?] is discussed and the full “crew” with country origin shown: Greta Thunberg Sails on Madleen Aid Ship to Gaza Where 66,000 Children Face Severe Malnutrition – Karmactive
Naltrexone was designed to inhibit opioid receptors without activating them and hence used to block the stimulatory effects of morphine and heroin. It was noted that in certain patients being treated with naltrexone for an opioid addiction many reported significant secondary benefit when being weaned off naltrexone. This group of patients had chronic inflammatory and autoimmune conditions and reported improvements whilst using the lower dosages of naltrexone. There have also been recent anecdotal reports of cancer resolution following the use of low doses of naltrexone (LDN). However, the mechanism of action is unclear.
Areas covered
We review three mechanisms through which LDN can influence cancer progression; namely, (a) antagonism of receptors to which LDN binds, which include toll-like receptors 7–9 that lead to IL-6 suppression b) modulation of immune function in patients; and c) direct inhibition of signaling pathways involved in cancer cell control, including the priming of pro-apoptotic pathways.
Expert opinion
Considering the increase in the number of anecdotal reports of activity, there will likely be a bigger drive toward using LDN in the oncological setting. These reports support clinical trials of LDN in cancer, especially when given in combination with certain chemotherapy.
Apart from her activities against science, reason and basic human decency, another worrying thing about Thunberg is that she’s seen as a role model by many young and indoctrinated children.
Those children might think it’s acceptable to drop put of school and become an anti-intellectual, just like her.
The difference will be, most other children won’t have stage managers and financial backers like Thunberg.
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I am concerned about Trump’s assault on elite universities.
How will we meet the global governance demand for new Naked Emperors?
Not only that …
will there be enough sharks left in the oceans for new generations of NEs to jump?
As we speak, non-binary US Democrats are forming committees to figure out how to talk to ‘men’ …
as if there are such things.
This alone could exhaust the last remaining population of sharks for jumping.
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I’m just trying to post a note in the unthreaded tonight. It looks like I won’t be able to finish a post tonight. Very difficult to get any windows working normally…
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Sorry for your troubles, Jo. On a lighter note this reminds me of a puzzling error message from a Microsoft product years ago — “Window will not fit”. But my favorite is from a 3D navigation program — “You cannot see this object because it is behind you.” AI should have some fun responses but I have yet to hear of any,
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“Window will not fit”
This sounds like a message I use to get on one of the very early versions of Windows (version 1 or 2?), when windows were tiled onto the screen and could not overlap.
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It seems to be responding OK here in Northeastern Ohio, USA at the moment, but it was a bit sluggish, though not real bad, earlier today.
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Sorry about all the troubles, Jo.
As they used to say in WW2, “If you’re catching flak, you know you’re over the target.”.
It’s the Left that are always attempting to censor or put off-line pro-truth and pro-free-speech sites like this.
The following is from a US essay on free speech. Note “liberal” in the US means Leftist, eeerrr, just as it now does in Australia come to think of it…
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Jo, this is a good reminder of how hard you work to keep this site available to publish information that keeps us informed. Some thank you Chocolates are headed your way.
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Thanks for the reminder, Ric.
For some of us residing in the USA, this is relevant.
“Social Security payments in July 2025 will be distributed on the following Wednesdays: July 2, July 9, July 16, and July 23, depending on the recipient’s birth date. Those with birthdays from the 1st to the 10th will receive their payment on July 9, those from the 11th to the 20th on July 16, and those born after the 20th on July 23.” First disbursement is supplemental $$$.
After July 9th I will hit the Tip Jar – – that can be found at the upper right of this page.
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It was interesting watching the Lamestream Media report on Greta Thunberg’s provocative trip to Gaza into a declared prohibited war zone.
They kept on describing the vessel she was on as a “ship” but a ship is normally accepted as having a mass of 500 tonnes or more and “a ship can carry a boat but a boat can’t carry a ship”. And there are other differences. She was on a boat. The lack of general knowledge of “journalists” is appalling.
Anyway, now Thunberg has been arrested and fed, before the Israelis send her home they intend to show her the videos of the October 7th atrocities the terrorists she supports proudly took themselves and posted online and livestreamed.
And she and her comrades had zero concern for the Israeli hostages taken and still held by the terrorists or the Oct 7th atrocities which started the war in the first place.
Whether she’s shocked by those images or not will be a good test of her character, or lack thereof.
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Hi DM. I doubt the Doom Goblin will have any clue. To quote Thomas Sowell “Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” And they don’t come much more useless.
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The boat, called the Madleen (12 person) is named “after Gaza’s first female fisherwoman“: [How do they know that?] is discussed and the full “crew” with country origin shown: Greta Thunberg Sails on Madleen Aid Ship to Gaza Where 66,000 Children Face Severe Malnutrition – Karmactive
Seems like a promotional stunt to me.
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Video: Dr John Campbell discusses “neglected cancer treatments” with oncologist , Prof. Angus Dalgeish.
You’ll have to go to the video to see the full links.
(NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND.)
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Thank you, Jo.
You must be hitting some nerves and jangling a few cages.
Love your work.
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Apart from her activities against science, reason and basic human decency, another worrying thing about Thunberg is that she’s seen as a role model by many young and indoctrinated children.
Those children might think it’s acceptable to drop put of school and become an anti-intellectual, just like her.
The difference will be, most other children won’t have stage managers and financial backers like Thunberg.
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I think Democracy is on Life Support. It’ll be a while yet, but the Contest of Ideas needs to get very unpleasant before it can again be liberated.
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