# The Crazy Years **URL:** \ **Category:** The Happening World\ **Tags:** crazy-years, clown-show\ **Created:** [30 May 2022 12:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451 "2022-05-30T12:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 154
**Author:** ![Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/devereaux/32/285_2.png) [@Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Devereaux)\ **Post date:** [18 November 2023 23:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3082 "2023-11-18T23:43:42Z")
The man makes a point. Right noiw you can be ticketed for not wearing your seatbelt. But that ought to be a personal choice, NOT a government mandate. Indeed, there are all sorts of issues relating to driving that ought not to be government concerns. All this has been government “intrusion” that has come over time - surreptitiously. Liberty dies, one government regulation at a time. ---
**Author:** ![gms](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@gms](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/gms)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2023 03:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3083 "2023-11-19T03:22:00Z")
Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move ([source](https://text.npr.org/1213157550)) ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2023 15:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3084 "2023-11-19T15:36:31Z")
**Legacy media report on Starship test flight.** [![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/2/d/2dedf3dd2f2aa68af6e25eb861b61154385d177f.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/ChuckReynolds/status/1725932445202309628) > ### July 24, 1969 > > #### Apollo 11 Moonshot Crew Returns Safely to Earth. Rocket Breaks into Multiple Pieces during Fight, Leaving Debris on Earth and Moon. “Service Module” Mother Ship Burns Up in Atmosphere. The first _twelve_ launches of the [CORONA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)) reconnaissance satellite program (conducted under the cover name “Discoverer”) all failed, and it wasn’t until the 14th launch that pictures were successfully returned from orbit. The first _six_ [Ranger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_program) lunar impact probes failed. Both CORONA and Ranger were launched by rockets originally developed as ballistic missiles which were considered mature by the time they were used to launch the spacecraft. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2023 18:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3085 "2023-11-19T18:08:59Z")
> **[Gang rapist finally deported after plane mutiny to stop him being kicked out UK](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24783382/somali-gang-rapist-deported-uk/)** > > A MIGRANT rapist whose deportation was thwarted by woke airline passengers five years ago has finally been sent home – at a cost of £1million to taxpayers. Yaqub Ahmed, 34, racked up the mamm… ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2023 13:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3086 "2023-11-20T13:30:50Z")
[![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/0/2/021c42e47078bda55368078157b5b7a335d670d4.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1726278404352385461) ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2023 21:33 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3087 "2023-11-20T21:33:55Z")
[https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rejects-ex-cop-chauvins-appeal-george-floyd-murder-2023-11-20/](https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rejects-ex-cop-chauvins-appeal-george-floyd-murder-2023-11-20/) > The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of his conviction for the murder of George Floyd during a 2020 arrest, which sparked widespread protests against police brutality and racism. > > The justices turned away Chauvin’s appeal that he filed after a Minnesota appellate court upheld his 2021 murder conviction and rejected his request for a new trial. Chauvin had argued that jury bias and certain rulings by the presiding judge deprived him of his right to a fair trial under the U.S. Constitution’s Sixth Amendment. > > Chauvin, who is **white** , is serving a 22-1/2 year prison sentence for murdering Floyd, who was **Black** , by kneeling on a handcuffed Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest. _(Emphasis mine)_ Here is [U.S. Supreme Court docket 23-416](https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-416.html), denying the petition for a writ of certiorari. ---
**Author:** ![Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/devereaux/32/285_2.png) [@Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Devereaux)\ **Post date:** [21 November 2023 01:49 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3088 "2023-11-21T01:49:35Z")
So once again there is no justice. There is ZERO evidence that Chauvin “murdered” Floyd, and **autopsy evidence** he didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/eggspurt/32/3686_2.png) [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Post date:** [21 November 2023 13:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3089 "2023-11-21T13:18:38Z")
George Floyd was SARS-nCoV-2 positive, that’s the virus that causes Covid-19. The cause of death in the official autopsy report was cardiopulmonary arrest. What’s worth noting is that in Lombardy, the European epicenter of Covid-19 crisis, there was a 58% rise in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests between Feb 21-Mar 31. More here: [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2010418](https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2010418) Here’s the actual things that George Floyd said during the arrest: [[1]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKjaCvXdf4&t=43m05s) > I can’t breathe this way… this COVID man… [[2]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKjaCvXdf4&t=41m40s) > I’ve had COVID man, I can’t breathe [Experts](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/toxicologist-testifies-that-drugs-and-heart-disease-did-not-kill-george-floyd) during the trial didn’t really incorporate C19 in this equation: > Bebarta said Floyd did not die from the low levels of fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system, nor from his heart disease and high blood pressure. … which is an approach to defense that hasn’t yet been used. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [21 November 2023 16:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3090 "2023-11-21T16:17:27Z")
[![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/4/b/4b44b674b4fde531874ccd812fe04dd9274e464f.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/1726656185485738287) ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [21 November 2023 16:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3091 "2023-11-21T16:29:20Z")
![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/7/a/7a8de4aa88d441014b3334d6d020cc2fe4954a2b.jpeg) The image is a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) from the 2019 paper, “[Probabilistic ancestry maps: a method to assess and visualize population substructures in genetics](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331592466_Probabilistic_ancestry_maps_A_method_to_assess_and_visualize_population_substructures_in_genetics)” (full PDF text available at link), where it is captioned as follows: > PCA clustering Principal Component Analysis (PCA) plot of 20 populations from 1000 Genomes Project, built using 2 first principal components. The following populations were not used to build the map: ASW = Americans of African Ancestry in SW USA; ACB = African Caribbeans in Barbados; MXL = Mexican Ancestry from Los Angeles USA; GIH = Gujarati Indian from Houston, Texas; STU = Sri Lankan Tamil from the UK; ITU = Indian Telugu from the UK This is the abstract of the paper: > **Background:** Principal component analysis (PCA) is a standard method to correct for population stratification in ancestry-specific genome-wide association studies (GWASs) and is used to cluster individuals by ancestry. Using the 1000 genomes project data, we examine how non-linear dimensionality reduction methods such as t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) or generative topographic mapping (GTM) can be used to provide improved ancestry maps by accounting for a higher percentage of explained variance in ancestry, and how they can help to estimate the number of principal components necessary to account for population stratification. GTM generates posterior probabilities of class membership which can be used to assess the probability of an individual to belong to a given population - as opposed to t-SNE, GTM can be used for both clustering and classification. > > **Results:** PCA only partially identifies population clusters and does not separate most populations within a given continent, such as Japanese and Han Chinese in East Asia, or Mende and Yoruba in Africa. t-SNE and GTM, taking into account more data variance, can identify more fine-grained population clusters. GTM can be used to build probabilistic classification models, and is as efficient as support vector machine (SVM) for classifying 1000 Genomes Project populations. > > **Conclusion:** The main interest of probabilistic GTM maps is to attain two objectives with only one map: provide a better visualization that separates populations efficiently, and infer genetic ancestry for individuals or populations. This paper is a first application of GTM for ancestry classification models. Our code ([hagax8 (Héléna A. Gaspar) · GitHub](https://github.com/hagax8/) ancestry\_viz) and interactive visualizations ([Ancestry Maps](https://lovingscience.com/ancestries)) are available online. ---
**Author:** ![Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Post date:** [22 November 2023 02:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3092 "2023-11-22T02:24:35Z")
OK – these truly are the Crazy Years. Little old me just received a personalized letter from someone claiming to be “Joe Biden” – although the scrawled signature looks like it came from an 80-year old guy suffering from senility problems – asking me to contribute to something called the “_Biden Victory Fund_”. Why should anyone contribute? Because Joe is “_running for reelection to defend freedom, democracy, our fundamental rights, and equality, and to strengthen the economy_”. As the clincher, the mailing also included an insert from a woman called “Kamala Harris”, although her signature is even worse than “Joe Biden’s”. Now I am wondering what I did to get myself on this mailing list. Or did Joe pick up such a major contribution from President Xi in San Francisco that he now has the money to mail a personalized request to every taxpayer? ---
**Author:** ![eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/eggspurt/32/3686_2.png) [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Post date:** [22 November 2023 14:38 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3093 "2023-11-22T14:38:48Z")
This chart, BTW, would be very different with the same methodology if the non-European samples formed a majority. Then you’d see, say, African or East Asian in the center, with the European samples bunched up in one of the corners. [Structure](https://web.stanford.edu/group/pritchardlab/structure.html) has been developed to address these concerns with a model that’s got better grounding in the actual evolutionary process. If anyone wants to do this analysis by themselves, here’s a good starting point: > **[Exploring population structure with admixture models and principal components...](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8722024/)** > > Population structure is a commonplace feature of genetic variation data, > and it has importance in numerous application areas, including evolutionary > genetics, conservation genetics, and human genetics. Understanding the structure > in a sample is... ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [24 November 2023 16:54 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3094 "2023-11-24T16:54:40Z")
> **[Self-described gay furry hackers breach one of the biggest nuclear labs in...](https://www.pcgamer.com/self-described-gay-furry-hackers-breach-one-of-the-biggest-nuclear-labs-in-the-us-and-demand-it-begin-researching-irl-catgirls/)** > > "We are cats, intricacies such as 'why' do not concern us." > The Idaho National Laboratory (INL), one of the biggest nuclear labs in the US with thousands of employees, has been hacked by the group Sieged Security (stylised SiegeSec). The hackers are self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers” who have posted a sample of the data obtained online, and are threatening to release huge amounts of employee data unless the lab makes a peculiar deal: “We’re willing to make a deal with INL,” says SiegeSec alongside the post, “if they research creating IRL catgirls we will take down this post.” > > That is a reference to a long-running meme about furries wanting to create a race of sexy human-mutant cats and, yes, none of those words are in the Bible. The data breach consists of employee addresses, Social Security numbers, birthdates, numbers, and “lots lots more!” The East Idaho News reported [it contacted some of the employees](https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/11/idaho-national-laboratory-experiences-massive-data-breach-employee-information-leaked-online/) in the initial leak, and verified that the information was accurate ([thanks, The Register](https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/nuclear_lab_hacked/?td=rt-3a)). ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [24 November 2023 18:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3095 "2023-11-24T18:03:51Z")
> **[NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed...](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-sued-for-stealing-trade-secrets-after-screensharing-blunder-showed-rival-companys-code-063009605.html)** > > NVIDIA is facing a lawsuit filed by French automotive company Valeo after a screensharing blunder by one of its employees. > **[Robocar tech firm sues Nvidia over stolen code](https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/nvidia_sued_after_teams_meeting/)** > > Two companies both online when slide was viewed at presentation > **[5\_23-cv-05721.pdf](https://regmedia.co.uk/2023/11/22/5_23-cv-05721.pdf)** > > 1239.01 KB ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [25 November 2023 18:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3096 "2023-11-25T18:00:12Z")
[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/a/a/aa9b5d7709b3a4613b15bbcad221b654cd26a612.jpeg "Illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing operations rise in state of Maine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GicUNNRf3Po) > **[Illegal Chinese Marijuana Grown in Maine and Elsewhere | National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/illegal-chinese-marijuana-grown-in-maine-and-elsewhere/amp/)** > > Maine isn’t alone. More than 700 such Chinese sites have sprung up nationwide. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [25 November 2023 18:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3097 "2023-11-25T18:58:50Z")
> **[Fearing More Protests, Dublin Borrows Water Cannon From UK](https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/11/25/fearing-more-anti-mass-migration-protests-dublin-borrows-water-cannon-from-uk/)** > > While the foundational story of modern Ireland is throwing off British oppression, Dublin has been quick to borrow water cannon from the UK. ---
**Author:** ![eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/eggspurt/32/3686_2.png) [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Post date:** [25 November 2023 19:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3098 "2023-11-25T19:39:36Z")
> **[Smiling Russian cannibal serial killer Denis Gorin pardoned by Putin for...](https://nypost.com/2023/11/24/news/cannibal-serial-killer-denis-gorin-pardoned-by-putin-for-fighting-in-ukraine/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=referral)** > > Denis Gorin, 44, earned his freedom by fighting in Ukraine, after serving a fraction of his sentence for murdering at least four men and eating flesh from two of them. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2023 15:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3099 "2023-11-26T15:22:52Z")
> **[Kim Jong Un's newest problem: Growing hair loss among North Koreans and lack...](https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/kim-jong-uns-newest-problem-growing-hair-loss-among-north-koreans-lack-effective-treatment)** > > Many treatments for hair loss in North Korea remain unverified, leaving their efficacy in question and too expensive for the average citizen to therefore afford taking a risk to buy. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2023 18:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3100 "2023-11-26T18:35:02Z")
> **[NY retailers lost $4.4 billion due to organized shoplifting rings in 2022: group](https://nypost.com/2023/11/26/business/ny-retailers-blast-hochul-over-theft-which-has-cost-stores-4-4-billion/)** > > Law enforcement officials in New York City, Albany, and Syracuse have reported increases in incidents of retail theft. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2023 20:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3101 "2023-11-26T20:39:01Z")
Could be in the Gell Mann Amnesia thread: > **[Woman warns against the dangerous phenomenon that is ‘trapped water’: ‘I’ve...](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-warns-against-dangerous-phenomenon-120000467.html)** > > "I never really thought about it and the magnitude of the effect this common practice has long term." [Previous page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451.md?page=153) [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451.md?page=155)