Fired up my Fire TV a few days ago and saw an offer for a 3-month free trial of Apple TV+ and thought that was nuts it was so long so hit the start trial button immediately. I'm so glad I did!

It was hard to know where to start with so many things I had heard or read about and so much sci-fi type stuff to choose from.

First I binged Monarch - Legacy of Monsters because Godzilla, of course! It place takes place in two eras, current day and in post war 1940s with Kurt Russel playing the modern day character and his son, Wyatt Russel playing the earlier character and it worked very well. I thoroughly enjoyed the story.



I tossed a coin on what to watch next and landed on Invasion. Centering around an alien invasion of earth, the story is told from the perspective of 4 groups of people in different parts of the world like the UK, Japan, America, Afghanistan and South America with their stories converging in the second season. I binged all of it with my only disappointment being the last episode as I thought there should have been one more to wrap everything up.



Continued next message because only 2 videos are allowed per post. Can we change that?

New TSM vid: "In the background of everything, global fertility is actually falling. Wonder why we're seeing so much immigration right now? The population is about to level and fall too. We aren't replacing ourselves, and hardly anyone is talking about it." Don't miss the ending 5 minutes.



The vid garnered over 1500 comments in 12 hours.


Supplemental links/vids:

Total fertility rate (CIA World Fact book)

Total fertility rate (UN Data)

Fertility rate: children per woman (Our World In Data)

Overpopulation: The Making of a Myth (90 sec vid)

2.1 Kids: Stable Population (2 min vid)

Quick thread - good laugh at least. I'm picturing him complaining about the tennis balls in Planet Earth Voice 

Why are tennis balls yellow?

Each morning I meet with my Management Team for a daily metric review, and I always start with a "fun fact" or weird historical story. This was today.

Quote:It was only until David Attenborough noticed while working for the BBC that it was difficult to see a yellow or white ball in colour television that change occurred.

The legendary nature presenter told Radio Times: 'I was controller of BBC2 in 1967 and had the job of introducing colour.

Opportunity knocks ? Once the population stops being afraid of dying the dictators days are numbered; at least I hope that rule holds true. I would like to see sniper groups armed and popping CCP heads of state. Stupid to go head to head with the PLA yet Mao was supplied (Russia) and toppled the National government after they were decimated fighting off the Japanese.

The largest margin ever recorded. Now if he can live until the final presidential election or stay out of jail and away from the corrupt DOJ.

I have been to many of the places shown and I will say without the bugs and the heat they are beautiful !

Good speech

Why not? What could go wrong?


https://www.newsweek.com/massachusetts-a...cy-1819129

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/20...al-aliens/

Quote:The state of Massachusetts is asking private homeowners to take in illegal aliens as the state runs out of room to house the thousands of border crossers who are still flooding into the Bay State.


Massachusetts is the only state that has a state-wide “right to housing” rule for homeless families. And with that rule in mind, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has repeatedly asked legal residents to open up their homes to illegal immigrants for whom officials are having a hard time finding beds.

Healey declared a “state of emergency” over the influx of illegal aliens in August, saying in her declaration, “There are currently nearly 5,600 families or more than 20,000 individuals in state shelter, including children and pregnant women.”

One solution Healey and her allies have suggested is housing migrants in private homes.

Days after Healey’s declaration, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll (D) told the state, “Most importantly, if you have an extra room or suite in your home, please consider hosting a family. Housing and shelter is our most pressing need and become a sponsor family.”

Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr raised the alarm over the state’s move to push illegal immigrants into people’s homes, and he especially worries about the safety of homeowners who were being asked to take in unknown, unidentified, and unvetted illegals.

“Joe Biden et al. have turned what was a decent, if woke neighborhood, into a Bidenville. The illegals are up all night, driving their unregistered scooters everywhere. Needles litter the gutters. The illegals are harassing young American girls and ‘verbally abusing’ adults,”Carr noted in an August op-ed.

This prompted Carr to ask, “Can the residents of, say, Dover or Weston choose between a MS-13 gangbanger and a member of Los Trinitarios?” as he bashed the liberal areas of the state for cheering as illegal aliens are placed in the middle and low-income neighborhoods.

For those who don't know, the Texas National Guard took over an area where Border Patrol removed barriers, cut the wire and pretty much allowed a flood of migrants in. 

This blocking new Democrat voters will not not be tolerated. The Biden admin is threatening action / arrests for daring to enforce the actual laws of the nation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eagle-pass-...=264106902

Quote:DHS gave Texas until the end of the day on Wednesday to relent.

"If you have not confirmed by the end of day on January 17, 2024, that Texas will cease and desist its efforts to block Border Patrol's access in and around the Shelby Park area and remove all barriers to access to the U.S.-Mexico border, we will refer the matter to the Department of Justice for appropriate action and consider all other options available to restore Border Patrol's access to the border," Meyer wrote.
CBS News has reached out to the Texas Attorney General's office for comment.
Texas has said its move to seize control of Shelby Park and ban federal agents from the area through armed soldiers, fencing and razor wire is designed to deter unlawful crossings by migrants. It's the latest flashpoint in a yearslong political and legal feud over U.S. border policy between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and President Biden, a Democrat.

Over the past three years, Abbott has taken unprecedented and controversial steps in response to what he has deemed to be a lackluster effort by Mr. Biden to contain record levels of migrant crossings. Under his direction, Texas has bused tens of thousands of migrants to Democratic-led cities, arrested thousands of migrant adults on trespassing charges and fortified the Rio Grande with razor wire and floating barriers.

But Texas' effort to physically block federal agents from processing migrants in a public park that covers roughly 2.5 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border is arguably the state's most drastic action yet. 
In his letter on Sunday, Meyer noted the federal government is the one tasked with regulating immigration, including the inspection, processing and arrest of migrants who enter the U.S. without permission. Texas' seizure of Shelby Park is obstructing federal officials from carrying out these obligations, he said. 
"State law cannot be applied to restrain federal agents from carrying out these federally authorized activities," Meyer added.
Meyer also noted that some of the areas Texas had commandeered sit on federal land. He said a 2015 agreement between the city of Eagle Pass, which oversees Shelby Park, and Border Patrol guarantees federal officials access to the park's gates. Some of the barriers used by Texas to seal off the park are owned by the federal government, Meyer added.
Last week, the Justice Department alerted the Supreme Court of Texas' actions in Eagle Pass as part of a case over a lower court ruling that barred Border Patrol from removing the razor wire the state has placed along some sections of the U.S. southern border. The Justice Department is asking the high court to suspend that ruling, saying it prevents Border Patrol from processing and rescuing migrants already on U.S. soil.

The ultimate DEI insanity... Literally!

Let's hire the short bus just because they rode the short bus and the clinically insane..... Great Plan.

FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities


https://www.foxnews.com/us/faas-diversit...sabilities

Quote:The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is actively recruiting workers who suffer "severe intellectual" disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency’s website.



"Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring," the FAA’s website states. "They include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism."

The initiative is part of the FAA’s "Diversity and Inclusion" hiring plan, which says "diversity is integral to achieving FAA's mission of ensuring safe and efficient travel across our nation and beyond." The FAA’s website shows the agency’s guidelines on diversity hiring were last updated on March 23, 2022.
The FAA, which is overseen by Secretary Pete Buttigieg's Department of Transportation, is a government agency charged with regulating civil aviation and employs roughly 45,000 people.


Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg looks on as President Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus on May 8, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
All eyes have been on the FAA and airline industry in recent days after a plug door on a Boeing 737 Max 9 blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5. The FAA grounded all 737 MAX 9 planes after the incident and is carrying out "extensive inspection" and maintenance work.


The FAA added it would increase its oversight of Boeing in the wake of the incident, including auditing Boeing's 737 Max 9 jetliner production line and companies that supply parts to the airline manufacturer.
Following the incident, social media commenters and public figures have said that airlines and airline manufacturers' emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives has made flying less safe.

"Do you want to fly in an airplane where they prioritized DEI hiring over your safety?" tech billionaire Elon Musk wrote on X last week. "That is actually happening."
"The DEI Rot In The Airline Industry Is Way Worse Than You Think," Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh wrote in an op-ed last week.
Critics of such commentary have pushed back on the argument that prioritizing DEI has made traveling less safe, with civil rights groups slamming Musk, for example, for the "abhorrent and pathetic" tweet.


On the FAA’s website, the agency states that people with "severe" mental and physical disabilities are the most underrepresented segment of the federal workforce.

"Because diversity is so critical, FAA actively supports and engages in a variety of associations, programs, coalitions and initiatives to support and accommodate employees from diverse communities and backgrounds. Our people are our strength, and we take great care in investing in and valuing them as such," the FAA reads.

When asked for comment on the initiative, including what roles people with disabilities would fulfill, the FAA told Fox News Digital that the agency thoroughly seeks and vets qualified candidates "from as many sources as possible" for a range of positions.
"The FAA employs tens of thousands of people for a wide range of positions, from administrative roles to oversight and execution of critical safety functions. Like many large employers, the agency proactively seeks qualified candidates from as many sources as possible, all of whom must meet rigorous qualifications that of course will vary by position," the FAA said.

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chair of Do No Harm – a group of health care professionals, medical students and policymakers working to "protect health care from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology" – told Fox News Digital that similar to the medical field, the aviation industry has an obligation to protect its travelers.

"The aviation industry has a responsibility for traveler safety just as the health care industry has a responsibility for patient safety. These responsibilities outweigh other factors when considering applicants to work in those fields. People with disabilities who can successfully complete the task should never face discrimination," said Goldfarb, a retired professor and the former associate dean for curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.


The FAA's "Targeted Disabilities" section on its "Diversity and Inclusion" page (FAA.gov)
"Unfortunately," Goldfarb said, identity politics is "creating opportunities for so-called oppressed groups by lowering standards for entry into those fields and thereby endangering the safety of those which it’s designed to serve. Some endeavors simply do not lend themselves to identity politics," he added.

The FAA's website outlines that some managers can hire disabled people and veterans through an "On-the-Spot hiring process," providing required documentation is submitted.
The FAA also notes that employees with disabilities will be provided "reasonable accommodation" on the job.

Reasonable accommodation at the FAA "ensures that employees with disabilities have access to accommodations that suit their needs. This can include modifications made to existing facilities or special equipment," according to the website.