# The Crazy Years
**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451
**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
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [2 December 2023 20:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3142 "2023-12-02T20:58:46Z")
Royal Fleet Auxiliary:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjIosLQpbHk)
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### Author:  [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)
#### Post date: [3 December 2023 16:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3143 "2023-12-03T16:37:36Z")
I think it would be easy to calculate the immigrant IQ trend (to which I would include some sort of a cultural development index)? I think that explains the phenomenon better than immigration alone.
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### Author:  [@gms](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/gms)
#### Post date: [3 December 2023 18:07 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3144 "2023-12-03T18:07:30Z")
> **[Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Chocolates: 5-Piece Gift Pack](https://www.candywarehouse.com/products/victorinox-swiss-army-knife-chocolates-5-piece-gift-pack)**
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [4 December 2023 00:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3145 "2023-12-04T00:26:02Z")
> **[Boeing eliminated from Air Force's 'Doomsday Plane' competition](https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/boeing-eliminated-from-air-forces-doomsday-plane-competition)**
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> Boeing has been eliminated from the U.S. Air Force's Survivable Airborne Operations Center competition to replace the E-4B Nightwatch with a next-generation "Doomsday plane."
Presumably, they will have to be a subcontractor if a Boeing aircraft serves as the basis.
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### Author:  [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [4 December 2023 00:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3146 "2023-12-04T00:47:41Z")
> [@CTLaw](#):
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> [Boeing eliminated from Air Force’s ‘Doomsday Plane’ competition](https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/boeing-eliminated-from-air-forces-doomsday-plane-competition)
As noted in the article:
> Boeing’s defense unit lost $1.3 billion this year on fixed-price development programs, including NASA’s Starliner and the next-generation Air Force One. Such programs have resulted in $16.3 billion in losses since 2014 on fixed-price defense programs, according to a Reuters review of Boeing’s regulatory filings.
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> Boeing Chief Financial Officer Brian West indicated in October that the company is looking to move away from fixed-price contracts, saying, “Rest assured, we haven’t signed any fixed-price development contracts nor (do we) intend to.”
In other words, Boeing defense will only bid on “bottomless trough” cost-plus contracts which compensate strategic underbidding, incompetent execution, and bloated organisational overhead by picking taxpayers’ pockets.
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### Author:  [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)
#### Post date: [4 December 2023 02:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3147 "2023-12-04T02:34:24Z")
As long as oil gets pumped, no fancy ESG scheme will accomplish anything - to the contrary, it will penalize those with environmental inclinations, while subsidizing those without them. And oil will keep getting pumped:
> **[Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels)**
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> Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’
Let’s knock these wishful thinking idiots off environmentalists’ backs?
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### Author:  [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [4 December 2023 15:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3148 "2023-12-04T15:10:28Z")
[](https://twitter.com/JoshuaLisec/status/1731518518242247152)
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### Author:  [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [5 December 2023 01:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3149 "2023-12-05T01:00:33Z")
[](https://twitter.com/IndoPac_Info/status/1731468479986020380)
This is a United States Navy warship, [USS _Gabrielle Giffords_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gabrielle_Giffords) (LCS-10), a “littoral combat ship” (as opposed to a figurative combat ship), sent to defend “freedom of navigation” in the South China Sea.
Is it just me, or does this ship of the line look like the pry tool you use to remove staples from hundred page Pentagon “studies“ they print just in case Congress should let their PowerPoint subscription expire and threaten paralysis of Imperial Forces?
“Stand down, Chinese imperialists, lest I poke you with my pointy nose!”
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### Author:  [@jdougan](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jdougan)
#### Post date: [5 December 2023 01:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3150 "2023-12-05T01:31:04Z")
It’s a ship they can afford to lose. The LCSs were an interesting idea but an awful implementation (plus of course the lengthy development snafus). Last I checked they were scheduled to be retired early.
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [5 December 2023 01:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3151 "2023-12-05T01:57:40Z")
> [@johnwalker](#):
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> Is it just me, or does this ship of the line look like the pry tool you use to remove staples from hundred page Pentagon “studies“ they print just in case Congress should let their PowerPoint subscription expire and threaten paralysis of Imperial Forces?
Yes. In its defense (that’s “defence” to you pseudo Brits), the Independence Class trimaran configuration is a great way to create a deck wide enough to land a big helicopter ([104 feet beam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence-class_littoral_combat_ship#Design), that’s almost the [108 feet of an Iowa Class battleship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship), and almost twice the [57 feet of the Freedom Class LCS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom-class_littoral_combat_ship)).
Otherwise, both classes are abominations.
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [5 December 2023 03:05 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3152 "2023-12-05T03:05:36Z")
> **[Hamas may have reaped financial windfall betting against Israeli stocks ahead...](https://nypost.com/2023/12/04/business/hamas-may-have-reaped-windfall-betting-against-israeli-stocks-reportinvestors-linked-to-hamas-may-have-reaped-massive-financial-windfalls-from-the-oct-7-terrorist-attacks-according-to-a-pair-of-promin/)**
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> In one shocking example cited in the the 67-page paper, an unidentified trader shorted 4.43 million shares in Israel’s largest bank, Leumi, between Sept. 15 and Oct. 5 — resulting in a …
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [5 December 2023 14:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3153 "2023-12-05T14:23:43Z")
The key point is that the records show the bars were owned by the person accused of bribing Menendez.
> **[Gold bars found in Sen. Bob Menendez’s home linked to 2013 armed robbery: report](https://nypost.com/2023/12/04/news/gold-bars-found-in-sen-bob-menendezs-home-linked-to-2013-robbery-report/)**
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> Four of the gold bars Sen. Bob Menendez stashed at his home were previously stolen from the businessman accused of bribing the New Jersey Democrat.
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### Author:  [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [5 December 2023 14:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3154 "2023-12-05T14:55:28Z")
> **[Woman shot in buttocks by own gun during MRI appointment](https://healthimaging.com/topics/medical-imaging/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri/mri-accident-woman-gun-shot-fda-report)**
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> The unnamed woman had concealed the weapon, which the MRI machine triggered to fire during an exam.
> A woman was shot in the buttocks by her own gun when she brought it to her MRI appointment, according to a [report](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfmaude/detail.cfm?mdrfoi__id=17404241&pc=LNH&device_sequence_no=1) filed with the Food and Drug Administration.
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> The unnamed 57-year-old woman had concealed the handgun when she entered the exam room on June 28, with the machine’s magnetic force triggering the weapon to fire. A physician examined her at the site, determining that the entry (in her right buttock) and exit wounds were “very small and superficial, only penetrating subcutaneous tissue.” The patient was admitted to the hospital and discharged when it was obvious she had no serious injuries, according to the filing.
Thank goodness the Food and Drug Administration is on the case!
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### Author:  [@Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Devereaux)
#### Post date: [5 December 2023 21:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3155 "2023-12-05T21:10:15Z")
I wonder. This is the FIRST time I have ever heard of an MRI causing a firearm to fire. ?What would be the mechanism. Surely the magnetic field movement isn’t strong enough to overcome a 3+ lb trigger pressure, else it ought to be moving things like internal staples all over your body I would think.
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### Author:  [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [5 December 2023 21:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3156 "2023-12-05T21:22:42Z")
> [@Devereaux](#):
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> This is the FIRST time I have ever heard of an MRI causing a firearm to fire.
According to the article, there was an earlier reported case in Brazil which was fatal to the person carrying the weapon, who was not the patient.
> **[Fatal accident calls MRI safety standards into question—are more regulations...](https://healthimaging.com/topics/medical-imaging/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri/mri-safety-standards)**
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> There are a number of well-intended recommendations for preventing MRI injuries, but many of them stop short of implementing safety requirements.
> A man in Brazil recently passed away of the [injuries he sustained in an MRI suite](https://healthimaging.com/topics/medical-imaging/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri/lawyer-who-was-shot-his-own-gun-mri-suite) when the magnet’s powerful pull caused his gun to involuntarily discharge and shoot him in the abdomen. After news of the event began to circulate, many questioned how such an accident could occur in an MRI suite in the first place.
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> Between screenings with MRI techs prior to exams, contraindication questionnaires and multiple warning signs prohibiting the presence of metal near the scanner, how did a loaded gun make its way into an MRI suite?
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> It is important to note that man involved in the accident was not a patient, but was instead assisting his mother, who was the patient. It also merits noting that the facility where the accident occurred followed safety precautions and screened both the man and his mother for the presence of metal, receiving signatures from both assuring that they understood the dangers of having metal within the magnet’s reach.
The danger of having metallic objects in the vicinity of an MRI magnet, which can have a magnetic field of 3 Tesla or more are well known.
> There is also the issue of metal objects turning into projectiles in the suite. There have been several incidents throughout the years in which these projectiles have resulted in serious injury and even death. This is why facilities have restrictions on medical equipment like oxygen tanks, stretchers and wheelchairs in the exam room. MRI magnets are powerful enough to velocitize a steel oxygen tank and send it through a cinderblock wall.
My guess would be that the metallic parts of a striker fired gun, if magnetic, could be pulled by the strong magnetic field sufficiently to cause a discharge, especially in a gun with a polymer frame that did not shield the firing assembly from external magnetic fields. Another possibility is that heating from the magnetic field caused the primer to “cook off”. Heating due to the MRI fields is also a known phenomenon.
> But what about less intimidating things like athletic shorts and yoga pants? At first glance, these items seem MRI-friendly, but some could contain metallic threading, which could heat up and burn patients during their scans.
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> Burns actually are the most common injury that occurs during MR imaging. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, between 2008 and 2017, such burns accounted for 59% of MRI safety events.
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [6 December 2023 11:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3157 "2023-12-06T11:29:07Z")
> **[D.C. Restaurateur Spends $4K a Week on Security for Taco Stand](https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/05/d-c-crime-crises-restaurateur-spends-4k-week-guarded-security-taco-stand/)**
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> Washington, DC, restaurateur Bo Blair spends more than $4,000 a week on guarded protection for his taco stand.
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### Author:  [@jdougan](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jdougan)
#### Post date: [6 December 2023 13:15 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3158 "2023-12-06T13:15:40Z")
Home many pounds of pressure do you think this would take?
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### Author:  [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)
#### Post date: [6 December 2023 13:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3159 "2023-12-06T13:35:13Z")
Student scholastic performance [PISA results](https://www.oecd.org/publication/pisa-2022-results/) are in from OECD:
Does anyone else notice the innumeracy of the creators of this report?
Hint: if you’re going to talk about the impact of school closures, look at the _difference_ in scores between 2022 and [2018](https://www.oecd.org/pisa/publications/pisa-2018-results.htm).
If anything, this chart shows that numeracy is associated with fewer school closures (because of a better approach in China).
This is good data, though:
Massive drop over the past 5 years:
Here’s an analysis of immigrant performance, where we see high-IQ immigration to Qatar and Arab Emirates – and USA. In contrast, there’s low-IQ immigration to Europe.
A former NYC teacher wrote this:
> **[Dumbing Us Down](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbing_Us_Down)**
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> Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (ISBN 086571231X) is a non-fiction book written by American teacher and political communitarian John Taylor Gatto. It has sold over 200,000 copies and consists of a multitude of speeches given by the author. The book proposes that radical change is needed to the American educational system to turn around the negative socialization that children receive.
> Gatto asserts the following regarding what school does to children in Dumbing Us ...
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### Author:  [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [6 December 2023 15:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3160 "2023-12-06T15:24:01Z")
Fatima Goss Graves, president of the [National Women’s Law Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Women%27s_Law_Center), has trouble defining the word “woman” because “I’m not a scientist”. The bobble-head congressman asking the questions is Paul Gosar of Arizona.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg6avt8U3A0&t=3686s)
“It is more complex than what you are saying.”
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### Author:  [@Roxie](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Roxie)
#### Post date: [6 December 2023 15:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/3161 "2023-12-06T15:35:12Z")
Thanks for this, but I couldn’t bear to watch and listen for even an entire minute.
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