Stupid World

[husaberg]

That’s pure gold....

Perhaps we should just live like Russia, everyone give everything to the state then we all live great lives with no economic disparities at all

Are you really that diminished capacity you can't figure out that Russia is not communist but is a right-wing dictatorship where 1 percent have 40 percent of the wealth.

Russia’s 500 Super Rich Wealthier Than Poorest 99.8%
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) found that Russia’s financial elite — the approximately 500 individuals with a net worth of more than $100 million — controlled 40% of the country’s entire household wealth.
That was three times the global average, where the super rich’s net worth makes up a combined 13% of total wealth.
A Forbes report previously found the wealth of Russia’s billionaires surged 45% during the pandemic, while the Financial Times reported that the wealth of Russia’s richest citizens makes up a higher share of the country’s GDP than in any other major economy.

At a combined $640 billion, BCG found the wealth of the richest 500, who make up less than 0.001% of Russia’s population, was higher than that of the poorest 114.6 million, or 99.8% of the adult population.

[husaberg]

It's been done before "caspian sea monster" . Not electric but same principles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster

it was commercialised and used on island hopper planes in the Caribbean but i cant find the name
but here is another version



You can also get a kitset verson


it's a neat phenomenon from what i understand its what makes it hard to land a plane as you have to force it down.

[george formby]

Wood nut a 21st century electric hovercraft work just as well if not betterer?

[husaberg]

Wood nut a 21st century electric hovercraft work just as well if not betterer?

no.... ground effect is so much more

[pete376403]

IIRC the carcass is still sat on a beach somewhere. The Merckan's tried it, too. Howard Hughes is ringing a bell. Don't quote me, though.

I think the spruce goose was a real airplane, even if it only got to fly the one time.

[TheDemonLord]

I think the spruce goose was a real airplane, even if it only got to fly the one time.

Definitely real, although ill-fated.

WIGs or the Russian 'Ekranoplans' are awesome.

[husaberg]

https://dai.ly/xcfera

[george formby]

Top trumps.

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/airyacht-airship-yacht/

[Berries]

F.A.B. Scott

[pritch]

Oh I agree - he has done more for people....

Just none of it positive.



Yes, more inflation, more government regulation, more government spending.



For most people - interesting qualification there... I'm sure if I digged into the source of that statement, we'd see the comparison between the post-Covid employment figures with whatever Biden has.



Why should there be any mention of anything to do with Race in a Maths book?

But just for you Pritch:

https://equitablemath.org/

Let's look at their Partners first:

Association of California School Administrators
California Association for Bilingual Education
California Association of African-American Superintendents and Administrators
California Math Project
California Partnership for Math and Science Education
California STEM Network
Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation
Californians Together

And further down the page:

We also wish to thank the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for their generous financial support of this project.

I think we can safely say this isn't some small-scale operation.

I want to point out as well - this is Maths and grade 6-8 (so Pre-teens)

Let's take a look at the Glossary section - I see some suspicious citations - Ibram X Kendi for example (a leading CRT scholar).
But wait! what's this under the section for Racism - they cite this link:

https://www.dismantlingracism.org/racism-defined.html



I've highlighted the relevant parts for you. Remember how you swore black and blue that it's not being taught in schools? Well here we have a Maths toolkit, that specifically cites CRT, aimed at pre-teens.

This is what is meant when it is said 'CRT is being taught in Schools'.

Now, I could have made the claim on the face of that website - simply on a number of give-away terms: "Intersectionality", "Praxis", "Critical xxxxx" - but you'd have said 'nooooo but it doesn't SAY CRT' - so now you have it, explicitly stated in black and white - CRT is being taught in schools.

Well, I can see that you put some effort into that, but of course it was misdirected. CRT is not taught in schools. What you think is CRT is a Republican party construct designed to keep their base agitated. And it's working. See also: Sharia Law, caravans. voter fraud, immigration, trans people & bathrooms, etc etc etc. *

As for race in text books, it's a case of follow the money. Glen Younkin, the recently elected Republican Governor of Virginia, owns or has a signifificant financial interest in the publisher of the text books not affected by De Santis' ban. What a coincidence.

Anyhoo DeSantis has moved on. He has declared war on Mickey Mouse because Mickey didn't support his "Don't say gay" homophobic legislation. Another transprent ploy to keep the base on the boil.


* Oh, and there was the pisstake about kids in school who identified as cats being provided with litter trays. One inbred southern politician even brought this up in a speech, he thought it was a real thing.

[husaberg]

Well, I can see that you put some effort into that, but of course it was misdirected. CRT is not taught in schools. What you think is CRT is a Republican party construct designed to keep their base agitated. And it's working. See also: Sharia Law, caravans. voter fraud, immigration, trans people & bathrooms, etc etc etc. *

As for race in text books, it's a case of follow the money. Glen Younkin, the recently elected Republican Governor of Virginia, owns or has a signifificant financial interest in the publisher of the text books not affected by De Santis' ban. What a coincidence.

Anyhoo DeSantis has moved on. He has declared war on Mickey Mouse because Mickey didn't support his "Don't say gay" homophobic legislation. Another transprent ploy to keep the base on the boil.


* Oh, and there was the pisstake about kids in school who identified as cats being provided with litter trays. One inbred southern politician even brought this up in a speech, he thought it was a real thing.

It just so happens to be the case that Disney is not a major Republican party donor...
giving far more to democrates
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/wal...?id=d000000128


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A rift between Walt Disney Co. and Florida’s Republican leaders escalated on Friday when the California-based entertainment giant pledged to stop donating to political campaigns in the state over the controversial legislation branded the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Disney donated some $4.8 million to Florida candidates in the 2020 election cycle, campaign finance reports show. Disney during the 2020 election cycle donated $913,000 to the Republican Party of Florida and another $586,000 to GOP Senate campaigns, records show. The company also donated $313,000 to the Florida Democratic Party and $50,000 directly to DeSantis.Disney has over 70,000 employees in Florida

[TheDemonLord]

Well, I can see that you put some effort into that, but of course it was misdirected. CRT is not taught in schools. What you think is CRT is a Republican party construct designed to keep their base agitated. And it's working. See also: Sharia Law, caravans. voter fraud, immigration, trans people & bathrooms, etc etc etc. *

The funny part is I didn't need to put much effort into it at all. That's how blatant they've become with pushing this crap.

But I have to ask - what is your standard of evidence?

You've got MATHS - a 'pure' subject that has no need to mention anything to do with any form of Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Gender etc. 'toolkit', sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, partnered with various California Educational institutions that is citing the concepts of Critical Race theory, citing CRT Scholars, and using CRT Definitions. Perhaps I might be more leniant (okay, let's be honest, because I know the source of the poison of CRT, I wouldn't...) if it was a subject where the most mild interpretation of CRT could be relevant - e.g. history or sociology or any subject where the concept of Race has valid implications. Maths, however, has no such implications.

As I said in that post - I can point to the various clues, just on the front page of the website that to anyone who is familiar with what CRT is, would discern that it's infected with it's poison - but better than that - they outright say that they are using Critical Race Theory, referring to it by name - but somehow that level of proof and confirmation is not enough for you?

Having your head in the sand does not become you Pritch. I know you are more reasonable than that.

And best of all - it doesn't matter what I think CRT is (although I do know what it is - it's the Application of the Marxism to the concept of Race, using Gramsci's theory of Cultural Hegemony - please don't make me cite Kimberle Crenshaw... again...) - all that matters is that what is being claimed - that CRT concepts are being taught to Children (and pre-teens counts as Children) in schools is true.

Whether you agree that this is a bad thing or whether you still oppose the Republicans in doing this is another matter - but objectively - I've been able to show that to a target audience for whom this is wildly inappropriate, for a subject in which Race has no bearing, sponsored by large financial interested, supported by multiple educational institutions that the concepts of CRT are being taught to Children in schools.

Is it time to admit that perhaps you are being lied to?

[husaberg]

Well, I can see that you put some effort into that, but of course it was misdirected. CRT is not taught in schools. What you think is CRT is a Republican party construct designed to keep their base agitated. And it's working. See also: Sharia Law, caravans. voter fraud, immigration, trans people & bathrooms, etc etc etc. *

As for race in text books, it's a case of follow the money. Glen Younkin, the recently elected Republican Governor of Virginia, owns or has a signifificant financial interest in the publisher of the text books not affected by De Santis' ban. What a coincidence.

Anyhoo DeSantis has moved on. He has declared war on Mickey Mouse because Mickey didn't support his "Don't say gay" homophobic legislation. Another transprent ploy to keep the base on the boil.


* Oh, and there was the pisstake about kids in school who identified as cats being provided with litter trays. One inbred southern politician even brought this up in a speech, he thought it was a real thing.

Ya wasting ya time with TLDR, he claims to know more about US law than the an US supreme court judge. More about security than the FBI and more about NZ law than a NZ judge. He has also claimed that a law change that 99% of MP agreed on was "somehow undemocratic".
The Dude Dunning and Krugwer were describing was TLDR




https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131118602
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131177156

All I've said is that the process by which the law was changed was clearly undemocratic, and as such I don't consider it to have any validity.
.

Bonus the posts when he claims to know more about mental health than the NZ mental health foundation
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131125016
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131125308
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131125154
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131125523


Bonus points for the times he outright passed on untruths and never once admitted he was completely wrong.

Point of Order - 'Vetting' where he used Referees that only knew him from a Web Forum, and the Trans-Tasman checks are still not a thing...

Do you think an Internet Forum persona is an Acceptable Character Reference?
I

The laws were mostly fine, the application of the Laws were not.
Again, a Character reference from an Internet Forum. I'd not vouch for ANYONE on this forum that I had not (in the very least) met face-to-face.

Why did the Massacre happen?
Because the Cops let someone have a licence who could not provide valid References.
No Licence = No Massacre.
.

2: Objectively, the Police did not follow the rules when vetting the Terrorist, Online forums is not sufficient for a Character reference.

Point of Order - 'Vetting' where he used Referees that only knew him from a Web Forum, and the Trans-Tasman checks are still not a thing...

[Laava]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/30...e-in-northland

As I could not find the thread with cunts riding trail bikes in the city with no helmets etc...apparently this dead rider was on a non road legal trail bike with no helmet. Lesson learned? Nah, no chance!

[TheDemonLord]

Ya wasting ya time with TLDR, he claims to know more about US law than the an US supreme court judge. More about security than the FBI and more about NZ law than a NZ judge. He has also claimed that a law change that 99% of MP agreed on was "somehow undemocratic".
The Dude Dunning and Krugwer were describing was TLDR

You know that if you post the same wrong things multiple times, they don't magically become true...

They do, however, give off the impression of being repeated Mantras designed to convince yourself of a reality that isn't true, what was the quote again? Ah yes:

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”