The US Senate “celebrates” the 220th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights by passing a defense bill that authorizes indefinite detentions of American terrorism suspects.
Beautiful irony. Source.
After arriving in JFK in the most predictable way (rain, snow, traffic or whatever) which is the combo E line + AirTrain, and boarding on a “last call” although I arrived early enough (due to the never-ending security lines, and the abnormal amount of passengers with special needs such as many small children in strollers, large hand-luggage, senior citizens, etc) I finally arrive at my seat on the flight New York – Rio de Janeiro, and I see it is occupied by… Rolls Royce car keys, with a Rolls Royce keyring.
Walking on 8th Ave., I find this amazing signs on a lawyer`s office window (NO COMMENT):
First things first: thanks to whomever thought I would be interested in joining MCA through RiseUp, BUT…
Don`t subscribe me to a list without my consent Don`t do so without at least letting me know who you are Don`t assume I might be interested in something because it sounds related to my interest Don`t align me with “scientific socialism” when I am a declared anarchist Don`t make me waste my time on a list where the first 20 or so messages are split between arguing troskist, marxist, rose of lenburguist, bujarinist, bakuninist, leninist, hotsiminist, guevarist, maoist, castrist… and people who want to be taken off the list So, thanks (and I show it by talking about your project here), but show a little respect for other people`s rights, please.
When a M. Phil. from Cambridge, A.B. from Harvard, and M.D. from UCal writes an article insisting on a probabilistic fallacy, a trap where, in one way or another, many have fallen (from Eccles to Nagel), and this article is echoed in many sites (such as BoingBoing) and an infographic is made and becomes staff pick at visual.ly… then you know ignorance is everywhere and very dangerous.
Read the article, then read Roy Weatherford`s “Philosophical foundations of probability theory” (or maybe something simpler), and once you grasp the concept of “a priori theories of probability”, laugh at those who think each one of us is a miracle… we all are, but not because the probability of us being born is extremely small.
Governments that use stats to lie, that shamelessly change political stands, that pocket millionaires paychecks and retirements in even in times of crisis</a>, that <a title="https://www.ij.org/about/4058" href="https://www.ij.org/about/4058" target="_blank">steal from citizens with any excuse</a>, that <a title="https://boingboing.net/2011/09/25/rejected-designs-for-the-federal-housing-finance-agency-seal.html?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29" href="https://boingboing.net/2011/09/25/rejected-designs-for-the-federal-housing-finance-agency-seal.html?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29" target="_blank">do not care to spend 400$ or 600,000€ in a logo</a>, that allow an <a title="https://youtu.be/6zZ_JfROhOE" href="https://youtu.be/6zZ_JfROhOE" target="_blank">out of control financial system</a> (and force lower interest to finance a war driven by personal economic interests in a time that required higher interests) which places us at the edge of the cliff and dares to "rescue them" with everybodys money, with a cost higher than which would be needed to end poverty in the world, and not making any changes so it does not happen again in the financial or food markets … all this and more, with complete impunity.
According to this article the food people usually eat (thanks to my wife and my conscience, I have slightly healthier eating habits than most people) is pure shit: wood celulose in many foods, fruit juices over a year old, ammonia in meat, artificial blueberries, “free-range chicken” that is not free at all, and other lies.
