Ivory Tower
Where the money is Source me Downtown St. Petersburg
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What face to show and when
The promise of Facebook was to create a more open and connected world. But from the company’s failure to protect millions of users’ data, to the proliferation of “fake news” and disinformation, mounting crises have raised the question: Is Facebook more harmful than helpful? This major, two-night event investigates a series of warnings to Facebook as the company grew from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room to a global empire. With dozens of original interviews and rare footage, The Facebook Dilemma examines the powerful social media platform’s impact on privacy and democracy in the U.S. and around the world. An encore presentation will air Dec. 11 and 18. Source https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/facebook-dilemma/ FRONTLINE
The issues are the issues
Mirror mirror on my wall Whose reality makes the call From my gut I know it all Only loosers don't see wall Vocal Phoebe Snow I Don't Want the Night to End
Fake views
Greek artifact found off the coast of Thirassia . The graphic made with fractal generator program and is intended for interest only
“the best book by far..."
"A close read of Robert Mueller's 448-page report on Russian interference and potential Trump obstruction yields some fascinating tidbits." Win Mcnamee/Alamy source https://www.wired.com/story/mueller-report-donald-trump-takeaways A democratic decision is not keeping an impending impeachment on the move. What the public doesn't know about the state of affairs is the most likely culprit. What Donald Trump has done is to redefine the highest office in America. Blogger opinion
Carbon emissions vs electrical distribution
More important than the vehicle comparison is the information related to the source of carbon emissions and the source of power production My personal conclusion is the problem remains a regulation and distribution of power as opposed to the source of production Nicola Tesla's idea for electrical redistribution seems to be the answer We have yet to find the solution Will electromotive force be obsolete by the time a conclusion is developed Source John Petersen https://seekingalpha.com
Business as usual
Will the real Dilbert please be seated What one man exposes as workplace quirks another man makes a reality with threats - and we listen Cartoonist and creator Scott Adams
Empty
“At a time when the public’s confidence in our elected officials and our institutions is especially low, the specter of big corporations avoiding all income taxes on billions in profits sends a strong and corrosive signal to Americans: that the tax system is stacked against them, in favor of corporations and the wealthiest Americans,” writes Matthew Gardner, the lead author of the Institute on Taxation report. https://static.nytimes.com Op-ed columnist David Leonhardt
In harms way
Mother duck lays eggs in your driveway Alligator in your back yard Florida USA old saying don't believe everything you hear and half of what you see
The butcher of Moscow
Vladamir Putin's brother runs a meat market in Moscow. His specialty is Polish sausage I thought I would give the browser of this blog some time off from all the esoterica. Of course Vlad's brother isn't a butcher, he is the butcher.
LIGO Hears Gravitational Waves Einstein Predicted
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, detected the collision of a pair of distant black holes Source newyorktimes.com By Dennis Overbye
Prayer
When your thoughts are all you want The day as intruders say Who do you invite into Which one is left behind Why be kind and give away A solitary self to You Deserver of all is mine
Hebron: Tomb of the Patriarchs
This entry is here like all other entries for personal interest It is also a link to Jewish history which is a favorite subject of on going study The catholic faith was derived from Judaism and is therefore relevant to me Leah is also one of the biblical matriarchs who is buried here