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A case of a post-truth culture building their own version of reality to agree with what they need to perceive? Maybe not yet, hopefully never.

How Fox Sports will use virtual fans created in Unreal Engine to fill empty stadiums in MLB broadcasts

“We’re not looking to fool anybody, it’s still about the game. But shot-to-shot, when you’re watching a broadcast, it’s not more noticeable that you’re watching what is normally a broadcast with fans in just an empty stadium and having it feel weird — we want to give people a sense of normalcy,” Zager says. “And we felt like going down this path and trying to use a virtual crowd will hopefully make it so that blends in, and you can focus on the game more because you’re not thinking about the emptiness of a Major League Baseball stadium during the game.”

The effect is a combination of technologies you may have seen before. The augmented reality software used to insert the crowds is called Pixotope, which has worked on AR graphics for things like the Super Bowl and The Weather Channel’s terrifying storm warning demonstrations.

I was not going to write about Stella Immanuel. I almost did. But thought better of it.

But then she doubled down on the crazy.

For those just tuning in . . .
* Stella Immanuel is Trump's latest favorite doctor
* believes malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is a "cure for COVID," (retweeted by Trump and one of the moron twins.)
* claimed that alien DNA was used in medicine (well that explains some things)
* some gynecological problems were the result of sex with demons. (other sources said it was from sex with demons . . . in your dreams)
* demon sperm (that could simply indicate being a feminist)
Rather than provide links, which hordes of ACs will call "fake news", I'll just leave it as an exercise for the reader to google search for her name.

A few bits . . .

"America, you don't need to be afraid. COVID has a cure. You don't need to be afraid. COVID has prevention," she said. "If they put everybody on hydroxychloroquine now, for those with early disease, early disease, and those that want to get prevention, I'm telling you it will stop COVID in its tracks in 30 days."

and

Immanuel told Facebook that their servers would "be down in Jesus' name" if they did not restore her allegedly deleted profile page. At the time of writing, her account still appears to be online and active.

I would suggest that Trump finds her message appealing because she is crazier than he is. I know ACs will dispute this. Which I suppose must mean that he is crazier than she is -- although it could mean they are equally crazy.

If NOT A > B, then either A < B or A = B, but that could be fake news.

Global data from 2002:
https://brainstats.com/average-iq-by-country.html

This scientifically correct data is certainly not politically correct in current epoch.
I use this as a proof of logical difference between paradigm of Science and paradigm of Politics.
Observably, this is a result of what Religion actually did to humanity.

A former border patrol agent describes the special federal unit deployed in Portland as some of 'the most violent and racist in all law enforcement'

A former senior border patrol agent described an elite federal unit deployed by the Trump administration to quell protests in Portland, Ore., as some of the "the most violent and racist in all law enforcement."

[ . . . . ] The specially trained officers are the "biggest guys, like the jocks in a football team," Budd told The Guardian. "They live in tight groups like the Navy Seals, spending their time in military-style training."

"They don't exist within the realm of civilian law enforcement," Budd said. "They view people they encounter in the military sense as enemy combatants, meaning they have virtually no rights."

[ . . . . ] "They don't do normal vehicle stops. They will rip drivers from their seat, throw him against the side, put him in handcuffs – the same tactics you are now seeing Bortac agents use in Portland," Budd told The Guardian.

[ . . . . ] Many local and state officials, along with DHS employees themselves, have condemned the actions and presence of federal agents in Oregon's largest city as "unconstitutional." Congressional lawmakers in response have introduced legislation to block Trump, who has sought to increase the number of federal forces in Portland, from using them as a "shadowy paramilitary against Americans."

[ . . . . ] Budd also told The Guardian that an instructor during her training as a border patrol agent in 1995 used racial slurs like "tonks" and "wetbacks" to refer to Latino migrants, who she said were often deemed as "criminals" by the agency.

Nice.

This is how tyranny begins. Secret police. Unmarked. Using unmarked rental vehicles. Not actually "arresting" people, just seizing them off the street, beating them up, and releasing them (catch and release) -- with no records kept.

But what about "I wast just following orders" at Nuremberg?

I understand from other sources that the ACLU won an injunction restraining the feds in Portland. District ct of Oregon. I don't have a better link.

Stripping these thugs of their qualified immunity would mean they could be prosecuted as they should be. But . . . "I was just following orders!" (from Nuremberg)

And of course, our Dear Leader will pardon them all. Because the power of the pardon isn't to promote justice, it is to do just the opposite as demonstrated by every single use of this power by Trump.

But it will get worse. Just watch. I'm sure Germany could not have understood at the time what was happening to them. Until it was too late. Some parts of our democracy are still in working order, as this injunction would suggest. But clearly the system is seriously fractured where opposite sides see black as white and white as black.

Brace for the wave of ACs who will spout their shameful anonymous proclamations that it's all fake news. That the moms being tear gassed are terrorists.

Our founders did not want us to have a king. With absolute power, as trump claims to have. (absolute authority) But they assumed that other parts of our checks and balances would have the courage to oust any such tyrant long before it got to this point.

It will get worse.

Update
Here is a copy of the TRO.

ACLU sued to get the federal thugs removed. Nobody wants them there (except Trump). They have no legitimate purpose there, at least unmarked, and not making records of arrests.

List of big corps that "own" police

Oil and gas companies, private utilities, and financial institutions that bankroll fossil fuels are all big backers of police foundations, which privately raise money to buy weapons, equipment, and surveillance technology for police departments, bypassing already outsized public police budgets. These corporate actors – from Chevron and Shell to Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase – can be found serving as directors and funders of police foundations nationwide. Furthermore, these companies sponsor events and galas that celebrate the police and remind the public that police power is backed up by corporate power.

Who will those police depts serve, the citizens or the "corporate persons"?

• ... Chevron is a “Corporate Partner of the Police” sponsor of the New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation, as well as a board member of the Houston Police Foundation and sponsor of the Houston Police Department’s mounted patrol. It is also donor to and, as of the end of 2018, a board member of the Salt Lake City Police Foundation.
• ... Marathon’s Security Coordinator sits on the board of the Detroit Public Safety Foundation, the city’s police foundation. Marathon is also listed as a “Commanding Sponsor” of the foundation’s fundraising event “Above & Beyond” and a “Bronze Sponsor” of their “Women in Blue” event.
• ... Shell is a “Featured Partner” of the New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation and a sponsor of the Houston Police Department’s Mounted Patrol.
• ... Valero has a board seat on the Corpus Christi Police Foundation’s board of directors, and it is a sponsor of the Houston Police Department’s Mounted Patrol.
• ... Hilcorp’s billionaire co-founder and Chairman Jeff Hildebrand has a board seat on the Houston Police Foundation and is a notable attendee of their fundraising events.

The list continues.

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In one of the discussions, it was mentioned that Federal troops were seen in Albuquerque. Email from the White House has the following:

So, naturally, I went looking around the net.

Wikipedia overview
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Legend

Kansas City news conference
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article244416727.html

Buzzfeed article on Chicago and Albuquerque
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/trump-sending-federal-officers-to-chicago-albuquerque

Mayor of Albuquerque interview on NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/22/894449060/albuquerque-mayor-on-trumps-plan-to-send-federal-agents-into-the-city

It seems like, ohhhh, I don't know, maybe Sanctuary Cities are on a list?

https://newspunch.com/full-list-sanctuary-cities-states-usa/

It's "fashionable" to defy the federal government these days. And, camo fatigues are also "fashionable". Enjoy, America!

The smart people in those sanctuary cities will follow my stepson's example, and evacuate.

On the current SN Poll (computer time during COVID lockdowns), I've been able to vote several times. (3 times)

It says (you've already voted).

But then another time, it won't say that, and I can vote again. Usually the next day.

Maybe SN is limiting votes to one per day. I've been able to vote (the same vote) "Not Changed" for three times now. And the vote count does increase.

I can only conclude:
* This multiple voting thing cannot be allowed
* It could bring down our entire society
* Anyone who would vote more than once is reprehensible
* All US election systems need to adopt this amazing technology

A police force.
In unmarked vehicles.
Unmarked uniforms.
That arrests, beats, and detains random people off the street.
(in a campaign of government sponsored terror!)
With no records of these arrests and beatings.
The victims simply "released" with no charges.
Like it never happened.

If this isn't a "Secret Police" force, I don't know what is.

It sounds like Trump is finally taking the US closer to the type of leadership he likes in Russia, China and North Korea.

But we still don't have military parades.

If Trump's government can ignore the 1st, 4th and 5th amendments, then can it also ignore the 2nd? Shouldn't those others be at least as important as the 2nd? After all, the 2nd is NOT going to stop the government from taking away your other rights.

^<no-sarcasm>
1. Send rioters to turn peaceful protests into something not peaceful
2. Send in unidentified federal thugs to harass / arrest people, with no record of such interactions -- because the situation is out of control!
3. Profit!

Sounds like a 3rd world dictatorship in action. Or China.

Wasn't this country founded with people protesting grievances once those grievances grew intolerable?

Racism is more deeply entrenched in the USA than I would have believed. Maybe because I'm naive white privilege.
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One more unrelated thing: the best way to help unemployed people would be a payroll tax cut.

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