Sorry for double posting, but I'm really concerned with this issue and I don't now who else to turn to.
I've purchased the house this year. The pool is about 5yr old.
I didn't have any of these dots when I opened the pool, had about a dozen a couple of weeks ago but now I have a lot more of these. I don't know what can be causing this. I've been shocking weekly with calcium based shock up until beginning of July (not because my FC was low, but because I was advised to do so as a good practice) and now my CH is about 600. The rest of the parameters look good. MY FC loss is about 1PPM overnight.
Could high CH be causing this? I also added PhosFree, Instant Conditioner about 1-2 months ago still use Leslies tablets ( because I want to get rid of some while my CYA is 30-35, PH 7.6, TA 130). Can any of these chemicals be responsible for this?
Looks an awful lot like rust to me. How old is the pool (or finish)? What product is your finish?
Pool is about 5 years old.
What product is the finish - how can I tell? I may have some papers from the company who built the pool, will have to check if it's there.
Also, I didn't have these when I opened the pool. I started noticing them about 3-4 weeks ago.
If it is rust - where is it coming from and what do I do about it? Occasionally I see some brown dust in the pool - could it be rust?
I'm thinking rust too. Try scraping the area with a vitamin C tablet and see if that helps.
The finish looks pretty recent, so I assumed ( ) that you selected it and may have remembered what it is.
Sometimes the finish covers some rebar or tie wire in the pool that is too close to the surface. After a while, water gets through to it and it starts to rust. It slowly works its way to the surface and shows itself. If you can find out what the product is, there is a good chance they can patch it.
Here's a couple other options, both of which I have seen: It could be iron from fertilizer, if you have recently fertilized. I have also seen kids shooting bb's in the air and/or throwing them in pools. That might also be something to consider.
I don't fertilize. I have these spots everywhere, on walls, floors, steps. They are not just in one spot - they are everywhere.
I tried a crashed chlorine tablet and crashed vitamin C yesterday. No changes. I wonder if there's something like a pencil, which I could use to treat all these dots one at a time, while I have *only* a few dozen of them.
How long did you hold the tablets on the spots?
I wouldn't crush them I'd just hold them on the spot for about 10 minutes. If that doesn't change them try 30 minutes.
They really do look like rust so I'd probably try the Vit C tablet first but that's just my personal preference.
You stated a chlorine tab worked on some - and since they weren't there before and are getting more frequent, it seems organic to me.
This surface is 5 years old correct? How often do you brush the pool?
Make sure you are brushing the pool at least weekly. Especially brush these spots with an SS brush (since the surface is 5 years this should be safe). If this is black algae - and a chlorine tablet worked, brushing knocks off the outer shell allowing the chlorine to get to the inside. Keep your FC levels slightly elevated above 'normal' and brush alot. See if this makes a difference.
Chlorine worked on black dots, didn't work on the green\brown ones.
*It does seem like the brown ones are green at first and then once the outer shell gets removed the spot becomes brown*. I have to verify this is the case though.
Good point about brushing. I stopped brushing my pool once I got rid of all visible algae about 1,5 months ago.
The dots are about 1-2mm in size and there are probably 1-3 per sq ft. Would it make sense to go with smaller brush? Any particular one you'd recommend?
The Leslie's brush ought to do it.
It's wierd that they are changing color. How did you remove the outer shell? Have you tried rubbing a tablet on the spots, not crushing them? Have you tried rubbing them on the spot after the shell you described is removed?
Honestly, to me it looks like you have some pebbles in your finish that are iron-bearing and are rusting. If that's the case, you can either live with it or chip it out.
I didn't remove outer shells. The green ones have shells, but browns don't and I assumed that they become brown once shell gets removed. I'm yet to verify if that's the case though.
I tried rubbing with a piece of tablet (the small piece from the floater) for about 30 seconds or so on brown, green and black ones. It only seemed to work on black ones. I rubbed them until they are covered in chlorine. Should I try to rub them longer? Is Leslie tablet what I need or some other tablet that dissolves faster (hth?) would be better for it?
but if that was the case, wouldn't vitamin C get rid of the rust? I crashed vitamin c and put it in the sock on top of the brown spot for about 20-30 min. I also tried rubbing the vitamin C tablet against it, didn't do a thing.
Also, I used to have may be a dozen of these, but a week later a have a few dozens. I'm just afraid that my pool will be all brown the next season.
Yes if the spots were iron the Vit C would remove it.
What do you keep your FC at daily?
Are you still getting more spots everyday? If you were to leave one spot alone would it grow or just stay the same 1-2mm?
Did the dots show up after you stopped shocking? If thats the case I would keep shocking weekly. At least until the fine people here get your problem figured out.
- A vitamin C tablet will remove a very thin layer of iron stains very quickly. If you have a thick crust of rust, it may remove some, but not all, and thus appear that it didn't have any effect.
- The fact that they are uniformly distributed suggested to me that it was something in the finish, since I would think black algae would tend to form first and fastest in areas of poor circulation.
- Now that you're looking specifically for these spots, you're finding more of them. They could have been there all along, and you just overlooked them. I've done the same thing in my pool; once I got a pair of goggles, the condition of my finish got a lot more scrutiny.
I was shocking weekly with calcium shock and then I didn't for a couple of weeks and shocked again with liquid because I found some algae hiding behind the light cover. I opened the cover, wiped the lamp and all algae ended up on the pool floor so I shocked again. I can't say if shocking has anything to do with it or not. My FC is always above or around 4ppm and CYA is 30-35 according to my tests.
According to 2 Leslie stores, where my water was tested yesterday (after it was shocked) my FC is 5 and CYA is 60. If leslie's CYA test is more accurate then mine, then my FC level may be a little low. I'm not sure why leslie's test for chlorine shows 5 when it was above 10 on my tests. I didn't pay attention how they test things, but maybe their chlorine test only goes up to 5 or something.
I'm going to try wire brush this week and report back on how it goes. I didn't brush my pool for over a month and I really hope it's algae.
Is there a reliable way to test CYA, other then the one that comes with TF100? Is there a chance my CYA testing tube is inaccurate and needs to be replaced? I only used it 3-4 times, but maybe it had to be dried out after each use?
Are you still getting more spots everyday?
It seems like it. I don't swim every day, but when I swim I find new spots.
If you were to leave one spot alone would it grow or just stay the same 1-2mm?
It'll stay the same. I just get more of them, but they all are about the same size, 1-2mm.
Did the dots show up after you stopped shocking?
If thats the case I would keep shocking weekly.
It may seem like it, but I can't say for sure. Again, according to my tests my FC level is always at it's target. According to Leslies, it may be at minimum or even slightly below minimum. I'll probably start bringing it up 1-2ppm above then target at night. This should insure that I won't go below minimum FC during the hot day and also may account for the possible CYA of 60.
Can you damage anything by over-chlorinating your pool by a couple ppm when using liquid chlorine\bleach?
I tried the wire brush on that spot on the picture for about 20 minutes - nothing. I just held the brush head, without a pole and tried all directions. It didn't come off, didn't get smaller.
What should I try next? Are there any chemicals that I should try?
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Banco del Mutuo Soccorso continua fazendo shows ao redor do mundo. A banda já publicou 25 álbuns, embora não tenha conteúdo inédito desde Il 13.

Em 2014 morre em um acidente de carro o vocalista Francesco di Giacomo.

Integrantes atuais
 Francesco Di Giacomo - vocal
 Vittorio Nocenzi - teclado
 Rodolfo Maltese - guitarra
 Tiziano Ricci - baixo
 Filippo Marchegiani - guitarra
 Maurizio Masi - bateria
 Alessandro Papotto - clarinete

Discografia
 1972 : Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
 1972 : Darwin
 1973 : Io Sono Nato Libero
 1975 : Banco (ou Banco IV)
 1976 : Garofano Rosso
 1976 : Come in un'Ultima Cena
 1976 : As in a Last Supper
 1978 : …Di Terra
 1979 : Canto di Primavera
 1979 : Capolinea
 1980 : Urgentissimo
 1981 : Buone Notizie
 1983 : Banco
 1985 : …E Via'''
 1989 : Donna Plautilla 1991 : Da Qui Messere Si Domina la Valle 1993 : La Storia 1993 : I Grandi Successi 1994 : Il 13 1996 : Le Origini 1996 : Antologia 1997 : Nudo 2003 : No Palco''

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Bandas de rock progressivo
Bandas formadas em 1969

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Baloney sandwiches, that is
by Chris Fuhrmeister@ccfuhr Oct 21, 2016, 7:30pm EDT
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The state of Oregon hasn't voted for a Republican presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan was running for a second term. So, it's no surprise residents of Portland, which leans even further to the left than the rest of the state, aren't too keen on Donald Trump's candidacy. What's a local advertising agency to do when it hopes to gain some attention from the ultra-liberal denizens of the Rose City? How about a food truck that takes direct aim at the foul-mouthed, full-of-it GOP contender? That should do the trick.
Behold: Donald Trump's BS.
"With 18-days to go and our fate in the hands of American voters, a new food truck has arrived in the mecca of food cart culture to serve sandwiches to the people, with a healthy dose of factual information," ad agency Wieden+Kennedy explained to Oregon Live. The "BS" stands for "baloney sandwiches," of course, which makes this whole thing work nicely on two levels. Did you know, "BS" and "baloney" are both euphemisms for "a lie"? Look it up.
Fake food court popped up today in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square. It's serving baloney sandwiches and arguments. #election2016
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The marketing stunt — though what, exactly, is it marketing? — set up shop in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square on Friday, and it will continue serving free baloney sandwiches on Saturday. Five items are listed on the menu, but the differences among them aren't really clear. (Incidentally, if the truck served baloney and mayo on Wonder Bread, America's last Republican president would come running.)
#trumpservesbs classic satire. Weird days here in the 'ole USA
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As for Trump himself, who knows whether he would enjoy the truck's delicacies? One would think baloney aligns with the ex-reality TV host's love of processed foods, but sandwiches traditionally fall in the realm of handheld cuisine, which is most un-Trumpian. Call it a pick 'em.
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The term loft, or more precisely: "loft-style" isn't one to sound glamorous, but its name can be ultimately deceiving. When you have a loft-style home, you're taking on a defined style that'll bring in the feel of brutalistic textures, industrial design and modernism to the place you could call your humble abode. A loft style home design doesn't necessarily have to be dingy, dark or even situated in what would be the 'loft' of a building, it is more the vibe and feel that the room presents itself back to us.
A typical loft-style home has a lot of defining features that make it different from any other of its home design counterparts. Varying in two designs types: hard lofts and soft lofts, one of which has been built from transforming old industrial buildings or warehouses of the past year, and another that has been created afresh with the concepts of a loft build implemented into the design. Even though these two design types are developed in very distinctively different ways, the features involved in the design are mostly very alike. From original brickwork being left exposed on particular feature walls, if not throughout the build, to piping and wires left uncovered along walls and ceilings, all of this adds to the effect of a great loft-style home.
Decorating a loft-style home leaves a lot of avenues for exploring different designs and compositions, with loft-style homes not always following a certain method to its madness. To start with any loft-style, you need to bring it back to basics. From rust-covered rooms to walls panelled in wood – loft-style homes can be an eccentric bunch, and to work with eccentricity, you need to use the materials that'll best give off such style. Wood is the most popular material to use, as it's such a versatile textile, being able to be used in design-work, flooring, on the walls or crafted to form furniture. Wood also gives off the feel of the build being industrially made, as it's production value looks more natural and organic. Implementing metal into your design is also a great idea, whether as decoration or as part of the build.
You can truly go right out on the decor that you fancy when it comes to decorating your loft-style home, with one of these being greenery. Adding a dash of greenery through the addition of plants actually works to enhance the overall feel of your home, and with loft-style properties taking a page out of industrial builds, the vision of 'overgrown' can play well in making your loft-style home a success (as long as the plants you buy are manageable, that is). If we work from the vibe that loft-style homes normally have high ceilings, there are many plants we could choose from to capitalise on this, including the Satin Pothos – a versatile green and silver plant that purifies the air. Other plant-based ideas include the string of pearls, which hang down like pearls on a delicate chain.
Moving on from plant-based enhancements to a more 'brighter' idea, decorative lights are up next. Adding a jazzy or neon-like sign to your home, to either be attached to a feature wall or rested upon a desktop surface won't only brighten up a place, but will add to that a dash of modernism and mould the vibe of which you'd hope for from a loft-style home. A light chain, also known sometimes as 'fairy lights' may also be appropriate, if it suits the theme of the room you're set to decorate.
Framing your walls with artwork such as a painting or a graphic piece is one way in which you can add to the decor of your home. Whether it's through something you've created yourself, or by exploring the massive swaths of artwork available both online and offline, through the likes of local vintage antique stores.
There are many additions that can be added to your home to ensure the greatest loft-style build. Starting with the basics, chairs within a loft-style build normally revolve around plushy beanbags and seats that are closer to the floor but this can also include the likes of divans, chesterfield sofas and tuxedos. Tuxedo sofas in particular, that offer arms the same height as the back and a very rigid design are a perfect example of a sofa that defines modernism and is seen a lot within loft-style builds.
Your home will also need a table and chairs as a multi-purpose furniture set that can be used to eat meals upon, to be a place that you can go to for focus on written work whilst also being a meeting place for within your home. As loft-style builds are very bespoke design-wise, not all table and chair sets may be best applicable. Best working designs include wooden tables or wooden surfaces with a brick base below. Great examples that may work within the build include the Hayley Small Kitchen Table and Chairs, this table featuring a slightly smaller than usual table and two chairs is perfectly made to fit into any space-conscious home designs whilst still looking bright with its natural wood finish. For those who like a bit more company, the Corona Breakfast Table and Chairs that can sit 4 is elegantly constructed from solid pine and defined detailing to make this set fit perfectly into your loft-style accommodation.
Storage is a major necessity for any home, with our clothes and knick-knacks needing somewhere to be kept that isn't down the side of, or on the back of the sofa. When it comes to implementing storage devices into a loft-styled home, it can be easy to add storage furniture pieces that just "don't fit in" into the overall design, thus to keep to the open-plan theme that many loft-styled homes include, you must opt for storage devices that aren't obtrusive or out of place. Good examples include the Ashvale Urban Wooden 12 Drawer Dresser crafted with a distinctive black steel frame and a distressed wood effect. Featuring 12 drawers, this dresser will be the ultimate storage device for your home.
From using the right materials to decorate your American loft-styled home, adding the right greenery, lighting and artwork and implementing the furniture to best correlate with the vibe you'd want to present for loft-based living, we hope that this will help you excel to new heights with your specialised style of living.


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Mike Lee: America has 'deviated dangerously' from country's core values
Over the past 80 years, the country has "deviated dangerously" from what was once an obvious distinction between federal and state power, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah said. In the new series "Fox Nation 101: The Constitution" Lee took viewers through the history and significance of America's founding documents, highlighting the principles and core values that have shifted over the nation's history. The "dangerous" shift began in the 1930's, Lee said, as the country, paralyzed by the Great Depression turned toward the federal government, thereby increasing its economic role significantly. "People understandably wanted solutions to the Great Depression. It's understandable why some people approach this from the mistaken viewpoint that it was appropriate for the federal government to do everything that it did during the New Deal era," Lee explained. But, he went on, "I think that planted some seeds that have proven dangerous over time. A lot of it resulted in our gradual neglect of these core constitutional protections of federalism and separation of powers." Until the enactment of the New Deal, the country "more or less respected the difference between federal power and state power," Lee said. "And we more or less recognized and respected the difference between legislative, executive and judicial power. That started to fray during the New Deal era, when we started pulling more and more responsibilities of government away from the American people and to Washington, D.C. "This, in turn, has created a lot of other problems because when Congress found itself all of a sudden having all this power, Congress realized that it couldn't make that much law," the senator added. Prior to that time, a law had to be passed in the House of Representatives, later passed in the Senate, and then submitted to the President of the United States for signature or veto, Lee explained. "If the President vetoes, it and it doesn't become law unless two-thirds of both houses override that veto," he said, adding "We've deviated dangerously from that formula over the last 80 years." Click here to watch this Fox Nation 101 series, and to sign up.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is exactly right. We really need to get back to basics and teach American civics. If more Americans actually knew the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, we wouldn't be having many of the issues we're having today. As it relates to what Sen. Lee is talking about here.. the particular Amendment that comes to mind is the 10th Amendment to the Constitution which states, " The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." In other words.. If the Constitution doesn't specify that a function belongs to the federal government, then the federal government has NO authority in that area, and those powers/functions belong to the states. That is the one Amendment to the Constitution in our great Bill of Rights that Congress routinely violates and ignores and nobody says anything. IF we actually adhered to that amendment, we wouldn't have a U.S. Dept of Education and a slew of other cabinet-level agencies. Ironically, ever since Pres. Jimmy Carter (D) created the U.S. Dept of Education as a payoff to the teachers unions who helped get him elected, education in this country has tanked. Again, if we followed the rulebook (i.e. the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights), we'd be doing MUCH better. And, if more Americans knew these founding documents, and were taught actual American civics, we would be throwing a LOT of the bums in Washington D.C. out on their butts in the next election. We recommend the following book: "The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History" by Dr. Thomas E. Woods, which you can get in paperback on Amazon.com for under $20. Great read!!
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged American Civics, American History, American Values, Big government, Mike Lee, Politics, Sen. Mike Lee on July 30, 2020 by majbuzzcut. Leave a comment
Trump defends US history, blasts 'radical left' in 'Salute to America' celebration
President Trump evoked the history of American patriots who defeated Nazis, toppled communists and chased down terrorists, but warned of another threat now in today's political climate — the "radical left." In a Fourth of July speech at the White House in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and racial unrest, Trump made a full-throated defense of America's past and said he won't allow an "angry mob" to tear down statues, "indoctrinate our children" or "trample" freedoms. "We are now in the process of defeating the radical left," Trump said to hundreds at the White House lawn Independence Day celebration. "The Marxists. The anarchists. The agitators. The looters, and people who in many instances, have absolutely no clue what they are doing." Trump, who has railed against the "cancel culture," refused to let the coronavirus pandemic close down a grand Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C., despite objections from local officials over rising infection rates. Four flyovers over East Coast cities, a D.C. military air show, music and fireworks took place as part of the "Salute to America" celebration to honor America's 244th birthday Saturday. "Thanks to the courage of those patriots on July 4, 1776, the American Republic stands today as the greatest, most exceptional and most virtuous nation in the history of the world," Trump said. Trump praised the ingenuity of American workers and lauded American heroes who defeated Nazis and dethroned fascists. But as Black Lives Matter protesters have taken to the streets in the wake of George Floyd's death to demand racial justice — with some activists taking down Confederate statues and other relics — Trump warned of a new front that America must overcome: left-wing radicals seeking to destroy history. Trump accused the media of "slander" for sowing racial divisions and said the press dishonors the memory of soldiers "by insisting they fought for racism." He said the country's heritage belongs to citizens of every background, regardless of race. "Our past is not a burden to be cast away," Trump said. "… This incredible story of American progress is the story of each generation picking up where the last one finished." Trump paid tribute to the military and those who founded America 244 years ago, and talked of his plans to create a "national garden" of American heroes. "We will not throw away our heroes. We will honor them, and we will prove worthy of their sacrifice," Trump said. Trump acknowledged the struggles of the coronavirus pandemic, which "goes out in one area and rears back its ugly face in another area." He touted advancements on testing, producing ventilators, and said the U.S. will likely have a vaccine or therapeutic solution before the end of the year. He blamed China for a "cover-up" about the virus's origin and said the country must be held accountable for spreading a global pandemic. Trump had already kicked off the Independence Day weekend with a defiant speech at Mount Rushmore Friday where he stood up to the "cancel culture" of racial justice activists and those who are trying to wipe out American history, tear down statues and defame heroes.
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Posted in Uncategorized and tagged 4th of July, American Values, Donald Trump, Independence Day, Patriotism, Politics, President Trump, Trump on July 5, 2020 by majbuzzcut. Leave a comment
How well do you know America's founding documents? Watch 'Fox Nation 101: The Constitution'
The new series "Fox Nation 101: The Constitution" explains the history and significance of one of America's founding documents: The Constitution. The U.S. Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government, penned in 1787 and ratified in 1788. It was brought about by necessity. "As of the summer of 1787, when the Founders came together in Philadelphia, they understood that we wouldn't survive as a country," explained Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, in the Fox Nation show. The United States declared independence on July 4, 1776, laying out the reasoning behind the war fought by the people of the original 13 colonies to free themselves from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Now, the new nation had to determine how to govern itself. "The biggest challenge for the Americans was that they no longer had a king. They no longer had a monarch," said Randy Barnett, director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. "They had what was known at the time and is still known as a republic, meaning it was a nation that was set up to be ruled in some sense, more or less by the people themselves," he continued. "And that created well-known historical challenges because most republics in history were either weak or had otherwise failed." The first attempt to create a government to secure the ideals of the Declaration of Independence was the Articles of Confederation. "Following the Revolution, we instinctively and reflexively went to a very limited national government and we adopted something under the Articles of Confederation that was anemic at the federal level," said Lee, observing that the fledging United States could not effectively defend itself from foreign enemies or resolve disputes between states. "That's why we needed the Constitution," he observed. "We found how to strike a more appropriate balance between a federal government that was powerful enough to do what needed to be done at the national level. But not so powerful as to jeopardize individual liberty." The Founders were students of history and recent victims of the tyranny of a monarch, so they understood that any form of government that preserved the rights of its people must ensure that no single group came to dominate the rest. "This is one of the central messages that we gained from the American revolutionary experience," remarked Lee. One solution to this conundrum is the separation of powers laid out in the first three articles of the Constitution. The three main functions of government were delineated to three separate and equal branches of government. The Legislative branch makes federal laws. The Executive branch, headed by the president, enforces and executes the laws. The Judicial branch interprets the laws and resolves any conflicts between parties who cannot agree on what the law actually means. "The genius of our constitutional system is that as long as you protect and preserve these structural protections, you prevent any one person or any one group of people from accumulating too much power," said Lee. Barnett noted that this system of government inherently leads to clashes among the branches of government, as well as between individuals, state governments and the federal government, which is its intention. "If you have the legislature checking the executive branch, the president, and you have the president checking the legislature by means of veto power, and if you have the judiciary checking all the branches of government, and then you superimpose that over a federal system – in which you have 50 states that to some extent are checking the federal government and the federal government is certainly checking them – this is a recipe for conflict," he said. "But that conflict is a feature, not a bug, of the U.S. Constitution." Click here for more:
Normally we don't use this forum to plug other mediums or shows. But, we'll make an exception here. This program is excellent! Thanks to the good folks at Fox Nation for all their efforts putting this together for us! 🙂
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READ: The Declaration of Independence
"In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
Doesn't that give you chills?!? That great document was nailed to a tree in all thirteen colonies/states, and was the ultimate finger to Great Britain. Please consider this your Read of the Day." If you only read one thing here at The Daily Buzz, then READ THIS!..and then forward it on to all of your friends and family members…and be sure to fly your American Flag proudly. Happy Independence Day!! 🙂
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Trump, in fiery Mount Rushmore address, decries rise of 'far-left fascism,' calls on Americans to rise up
Speaking after the legendary U.S. Navy Blue Angels roared overhead, President Trump ushered in the July 4th weekend Friday night at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota with a full-throated condemnation of "far-left fascism" and a defense of "Judeo-Christian principles." "This monument will never be desecrated," Trump declared to cheers and applause. "These heroes will never be defaced. Their legacy will never, ever be destroyed. Their achievements will never be forgotten. And Mount Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and to our freedom." The president asserted that recent attacks on the nation's monuments, alongside "cancel culture" and the rise of the Marxist ideology of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, were symptoms of a "left-wing cultural revolution" that was threatening to "overthrow the American Revolution." BLM explicitly advocates the destruction of the "nuclear family structure," which Trump said was in fact the "bedrock of American life." "We only kneel to Almighty God," Trump remarked, in a clear shot at athletes who kneel in protest during the national anthem. "We will not be intimidated by bad, evil people. It will not happen." "We are the country of Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Frederick Douglass," Trump said. "We are the land of Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill Cody. We are the nation that gave rise to the Wright Brothers, the Tuskegee Airmen — Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Jesse Owens, George Patton — General George Patton — the great Louie Armstrong, Alan Shepard, Elvis Presley, and Mohammad Ali. And only America could have produced them all. No other place." Americans are the ones, Trump added, "that put up the Hoover Dam, laid down the highways, and sculpted the skyline of Manhattan. We are the people who dreamed a spectacular dream — it was called: Las Vegas, in the Nevada desert; who built up Miami from the Florida marsh; and who carved our heroes into the face of Mount Rushmore. Americans harnessed electricity, split the atom, and gave the world the telephone and the Internet. We settled the Wild West, won two World Wars, landed American astronauts on the Moon — and one day very soon, we will plant our flag on Mars." The United States "gave the world the poetry of Walt Whitman, the stories of Mark Twain, the songs of Irving Berlin, the voice of Ella Fitzgerald, the style of Frank Sinatra — the comedy of Bob Hope, the power of the Saturn V rocket, the toughness of the Ford F-150 — and the awesome might of the American aircraft carriers," Trump said. "Americans must never lose sight of this miraculous story." "We will state the truth in full, without apology: We declare that the United States of America is the most just and exceptional nation ever to exist on Earth," Trump said. "We are proud of the fact that our country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and we understand that these values have dramatically advanced the cause of peace and justice throughout the world." Trump, who separately praised police officers and vowed to defend the Second Amendment, then announced plans to create "a new monument to the giants of our past." He said he would sign an executive order to establish the "National Garden of American Heroes" — a "vast outdoor park" to feature the statues of the "greatest Americans to ever live." After Trump spoke, the White House released text of an executive order establishing the garden, which expressly notes that it will include only lifelike representations and eschew "modernist or abstract interpretations." A preliminary list of people to be honored in the garden includes John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Henry Clay, Davy Crockett, MLK, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, Ronald Reagan, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Antonin Scalia, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, Jackie Robinson, Christopher Columbus, Junipero Serra, and Betsy Ross In his address, Trump characterized endemic efforts to terminate and humiliate dissent as a form of "totalitarianism" and an "attack on our magnificent liberty" — and promised that it "will be stopped very quicky." "One of their political weapons is 'Cancel Culture' — driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees," Trump said. "This is the very definition of totalitarianism, and it is completely alien to our culture and our values, and it has absolutely no place in the United States of America. This attack on our liberty, our magnificent liberty, must be stopped, and it will be stopped very quickly. We will expose this dangerous movement, protect our nation's children, end this radical assault, and preserve our beloved American way of life." The "violent mayhem we have seen in our streets and cities," which are "run by liberal Democrats in every case," Trump said, "is the predictable result of years of extreme indoctrination and bias in education, journalism and other cultural institutions. Against every law of society and nature, our children are taught in school to hate their own country and to believe that the men and women who built it weren't heroes, but villains. The radical view of American history is a web of lies."
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Poll: 3-in-4 Voters, Majority of Black Americans Oppose Tearing Down Mount Rushmore
The overwhelming majority of likely U.S. voters, including a majority of black Americans, oppose the tearing down of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial featuring Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, a poll finds. While rioters, as well as some Republican and Democrat lawmakers, have sought to remove monuments, statues, and flags associated with the Civil War and the nation's presidents, the overwhelming majority of Americans say they are opposed to such plans. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds 75 percent of likely U.S. voters oppose closing or changing Mt. Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota. Less than 20 percent said they support the removal of Mt. Rushmore. By a 56-percent majority, black Americans said they oppose tearing down Mt. Rushmore, while only about 35 percent said they support removing the monument. Likewise, more than six-in-ten Democrats, 76 percent of swing voters, 82 percent of white Americans, and 88 percent of Republican voters said they oppose tearing down Mt. Rushmore. The Rasmussen Reports survey also asked likely voters if they opposed or supported removing statues in honor of Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson from public places. More than 70 percent of all likely voters said they opposed tearing down statues dedicated to the two men. Majorities in every racial, income, age, gender, political, and educational attainment group said they oppose tearing down statues and buildings honoring Washington and Jefferson — including 54 percent of black Americans, 78 percent of white Americans, 57 percent of Democrats, 83 percent of Republicans, and 75 percent of swing voters. For years, Americans by huge majorities have opposed a post-structuralist agenda to tear down and remake the nation's historical monuments and statues. In a 2017 Rasmussen Reports survey, nearly 90 percent of Americans said they oppose tearing down monuments honoring former presidents. The poll surveyed 1,000 likely U.S. voters from June 29 to 30 and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
The idea of desecrating, or tearing down, Mount Rushmore is a sentiment held only by these who just hate America in general, and those idiot millennial punks who have been bain-washed by their Marxist teachers into thinking that our history is evil and racist all around…and who never were really taught American civics in school. Glad the silent majority is still opposed to tearing down our history. But, that silent majority now more than ever needs to stand up and fight back against these punks who are trying to tear our country down.
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged American Civics, American History, American Values, History Revisionism, Monuments, Mount Rushmore, political correctness on July 4, 2020 by majbuzzcut. Leave a comment
Editorial: The use and abuse of history: Removal of statues means historically rudderless America
Two days ago, the mayor of Detroit ordered a bust of Christopher Columbus removed from its pedestal. It was a peaceful removal for the Italian-born discoverer of the new world. After all, last week in Boston he was beheaded and in Richmond he was pushed into a lake. One supposes he is used to the harsh treatment. In many cities and states, his namesake holiday has long been replaced with Indigenous Peoples Day. In a few decades, it is not inconceivable he will be relegated to a proverbial footnote of history. Of course, who or what Columbus will be a footnote to is now a live question. Statues of Confederate generals are also being torn down and desecrated. They were on the losing side of history, so many Americans proclaim they won't be missed. Since they remind us of an ugly time in our past, better to eradicate their presence altogether. Then it will be as if it never happened. Or so the logic would appear to run. But wait! After wiping out the leading lights of the Confederacy, it seems that Northerners, too, have a little housekeeping to undertake. This week, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh supported a circulating petition to disappear (let's not sugarcoat matters) a statue of Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed, kneeling African-American. The petition reads: "My name is Tory Bullock and I've been watching this man on his knees since I was a kid. It's supposed to represent freedom but instead represents us still beneath someone else. I would always ask myself "If he's free why is he still on his knees?" No kid should have to ask themselves that question anymore." Of course, the erstwhile slave is not kneeling before or even looking at President Lincoln. He is staring off into the distance, in a position, shackles now broken, to rise. The scene, seen from a perspective different from Mr. Bullock's, is of hope and vitality. Lincoln is less the author of the slave's freedom than a midwife. And in a sense, he is already forgotten as the rising figure looks out and away into the distance, expectant and resolute. What will happen next is easy to predict. Statues and depictions of the Founding Fathers will come down. It does not matter if you authored the Declaration of Independence. You're out. It will take a little while, but the will and hatred on the progressive left is strong. Their ability to instill knee-jerk fear in average Americans is pernicious (see the Mayor of Boston), and common-sense and knowledge of history has so departed any would-be opponents that in the coming decades an outright revision of American history — both as it's symbolized in statues and memorials and as its published in books and taught in our schools — will occur unimpeded. It won't stop with the Founding Fathers. Anyone, of any gender, found with a less-than-ultra-progressive stamped passport is on the chopping block. This is a race to the bottom. And in the end, we will be left with a historically rudderless America. Gone will be any shared sense of purpose or pride. In its place we will find new totems, decided by those in power. The wholesale eradication of a person's (and a people's) history is a tactic most commonly seen in authoritarian countries. Mao and Stalin and Castro understood this well. If you go back far enough, these are the great teachers of America's progressive left. They are loathe to admit it, but it's right out of the totalitarian playbook. And now that playbook is being put to use in our country. If this does not sit well with you, if you sense the Founders of this country, imperfect though they were in private life, nonetheless created a republic with good and true ideals to aspire toward — timeless principles like "all men are created equal" and the "self-evident" notion "all men are created equal" — and that these ideals are worth preserving, then now is the time to push back against the progressive agenda. In a few years, it will be too late.
Agreed.. Thanks to the editorial staff at The Washington Times for the timely piece. This whole purging of our history is very very dangerous. Its what the Germans and Japanese have done with respect to their involvement in WWII. History is what happened; NOT what we wished had happened, don't want to talk about because it hurts our precious tender feelings. The Civil War happened. To those who have a problem with that fact, get the hell over it! We need to fight to ensure these statues of Christopher Columbus, Confederate generals and so on stay standing. They are reminders of what happened and where we came from…and in many respects, how far we've come. And, we need to revisit American civics in school. If you have kids, a MUST read is "The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History" by Thomas Woods. Its all the stuff you weren't taught in junior high, and high school from our country's founding through about the Bill Clinton presidency. You can get it at Amazon for under $20 new…and it's worth it.
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged American History, American Values, Christopher Columbus, confederate monuments, political correctness, Values on June 17, 2020 by majbuzzcut. Leave a comment
Father and sons build American flags for veterans and police officers
In 2018, Georgia native Tom Saccenti and his then-8-year-old son Micah decided to make an American Flag from leftover wood, something they had seen done in a YouTube video. After a few failed attempts they finally had an end product they loved and a new hobby to do together. "My dad and me thought it would be a good idea to do it as a father-son project. We loved it so much that we went to our church and we showed them how to do it for Veterans Day. We made about 20 flags before we got it right," Micah told Fox News. Saccenti, a former police officer, goes around the country with his family teaching new safety techniques to local police departments, universities and churches. Two years later Micah, 10, is still making flags except now he makes them with his 8-year-old brother, James. The two brothers have continued to make flags for their community even while they traveled with their father to his educational conferences. During each of their father's trips, the boys give a flag away to one lucky raffle winner. The flags are given out for free to veterans or officers, but conference attendees have the option to donate to the Boys and Girls Missionary Challenge, a Christian organization focused on educating children about religion in other parts of the world. Once coronavirus stay-at-home orders were put in place, Saccenti's conferences were put on hold but that did not stop James and Micah from making flags. The boys had the idea to transition to making blue-line flags and delivering them to police officers in nearby police departments. "We thought what can we do at our home to kind of still honor people who are working during this time. And so we thought what a great way to honor some of our local heroes, police officers," said Saccenti. So far, the Saccenti boys have given away 50 flags and have raised over $2,000 for the Boys and Girls Missionary Group, and they have no plans of stopping anytime soon. Their next step? Saving up for an engraver so they can put the hero's name on the flag before giving it to them.
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Posted in Uncategorized and tagged American Flag, American Values, Lifestyle, Patriotism, Tom Saccenti on June 3, 2020 by majbuzzcut. Leave a comment
Memorial Day: 5 things you didn't know about the holiday
Many Americans see Memorial Day as an opportunity to relax in the yard, gather around the grill with friends, or plan a weekend getaway — and it usually is, even though the latter two traditions may be hindered by the ongoing coronavirus health crisis. But no matter how we choose to observe, it's important that we never lose sight of the day's significance. With that in mind, here are five interesting things to consider while we're celebrating, and paying respects to, the men and women who died serving this country. #1. We're all aware that Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, but Congress has also established an exact minute of remembrance. The National Moment of Remembrance Act, which was adopted in December of 2000, encourages every citizen to pause each Memorial Day at 3:00 p.m. local time to remember the brave men and women who died serving this country. In addition to any federal observances, Major League Baseball games usually come to a stop during the Moment of Remembrance, and for the past several years, Amtrak engineers have taken up the practice of sounding their horns in unison at precisely 3:00 p.m. #2. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Memorial Day is celebrated in late May because that's when flowers are likely to be blooming across the country. It was Union General John A. Logan who — after serving in the Mexican-American War and Civil War — proposed that Congress institute May 30th as Decoration Day (the predecessor to Memorial Day) to allow citizens to decorate the graves of deceased veterans with fresh flowers. (It's also believed that Logan settled on the date because it wasn't already the anniversary of any significant battles, according to History.com.) #3. The Ironton-Lawrence Memorial Day Parade in Ironton, Ohio, is recognized as the oldest continuously running Memorial Day parade in the nation, beginning all the way back in 1868. However, the oldest (and first) Memorial Day parade in the country was held a year earlier in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. (It's also worth noting that both the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., and the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade in Queens, N.Y., each bill themselves as the largest Memorial Day parades in the nation.) #4. "Taps," the bugle call typically performed at military funerals as well as the annual Memorial Day wreath ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, was actually adapted from a separate Civil War bugle call known as "Scott Tattoo," which was used to signal lights out. But, according to both the "Arlington National Cemetery Legacy of Honor" by Jim Harris, as well as "Stories Behind the Hymns that Inspire America" by Ace Collins, the new melody later became the preferred accompaniment at military funerals after Captain John Tidball of the Union Army ordered his men to quietly play "Taps" at a fellow soldier's funeral, for fear that a traditional three-volley rifle salute would alert nearby Confederate troops to their location. #5. For the first time in 20 years, the American Automobile Association (AAA) chose not to release a Memorial Day "travel forecast" in 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which "undermined" the accuracy of the annual report, according to AAA. However, the organization predicted that 2020's travel trends would set a record low. "Last year, 43 million Americans traveled for Memorial Day Weekend — the second-highest travel volume on record since AAA began tracking holiday travel volumes in 2000," said Paula Twidale, the senior vice president of AAA Travel, in a press release. "With social distancing guidelines still in practice, this holiday weekend's travel volume is likely to set a record low."
Guess we'll see… Don't forget to take that moment at 3p. Happy Memorial Day.
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged American Values, Lifestyle, Memorial Day, Patriotism on May 25, 2020 by majbuzzcut. Leave a comment
Southern California sheriff takes heroic stand for citizen freedom
A sheriff in Southern California, Chad Bianco of Riverside County, told the local board of supervisors earlier this week that he wouldn't enforce stay-at-home orders because, get this, he thinks citizens can think for themselves. Move over, doctors. Step aside, nurses. Bianco is much more a real hero — not just someone doing his job. In these crazy COVID-19 times, where government has gone amok and politicians have become drunk with power, Bianco's stand on constitutional principle is actually heroic. "From the beginning," he said, The Blaze reported, "I told you that I would not be enforcing this stay-at-home order, partly because I trusted our residents' ability to do the right thing without the fear of being arrested. I knew that they could be trusted to act as responsible adults, and I was correct." Imagine that — a public servant actually serving the public, and not demanding the public who pays his salary kowtow and bend to his own will. A public servant recognizing the proper role of public service. He went on: "Not only do we not have the resources to enforce unreasonable orders, [but also] I refuse to make criminals out of business owners, single moms and otherwise healthy individuals for exercising their constitutional rights. I believe Riverside County residents are responsible enough to proceed cautiously." Bianco for president. This is exactly how the government — the federal government, the state governments, the local governments — should have treated Americans from the COVID-19 get-go: with deference. With humble recognition of Americans' intelligence. With modest and quiet submission to the citizens' ability — and right — to take the government guidance and medical recommendations and then judge for themselves how best to apply it. Instead, bureaucrats, some elected, some not, ran roughshod over American's rights — over Americans' God-given rights. And, despite the fact the coronavirus data is showing serious regulatory relaxation is in order, bureaucrats, some elected, some not, are continuing their roughshod runs over Americans' God-given rights, to this very day. "[Lockdowns] eliminated constitutional freedoms put in place over 200 years ago," Bianco said. "In the name of a public health crisis, our civil liberties and constitutional protections were placed on hold." And then he did something that would make the fear-mongers fueling COVID-19 crackdowns simply gasp with astonishment: he cited factual coronavirus numbers to support his viewpoints. "Unfortunately, we have lost 181 of our residents to this virus," Bianco said. "But keep in mind that this is only seven-thousandths of 1 percent." He called for a return to normalcy — and sanity. "As leaders," Bianco said, "we must adjust our decisions to better serve the county as a whole." Words of wisdom that should be forced reading and listening for all the other public servants of the country who want to continue their controls of the American people. The fact is citizens aren't stupid. Americans are quite capable of deciding for themselves how best to protect their own health and that of their loved ones. The trend lately has been to label doctors and nurses and hospital staffers and medical responders and the like as heroes for putting themselves on the frontline and treating COVID-19 patients. But they're not; not really. They're doing their jobs. They're doing what they they've been trained to do — treat sick people. Bianco? He went above and beyond. He took a lonely stand for the little guy, for the cowered masses, for the principle of freedom, for the fate of the Constitution, for the proper moral compass of our country's government, for the right of the individual over government — at a time when doing so makes him immensely unpopular with many in the echelons of power. Now that's heroic.
Agreed 100%!! What a stark contrast to those Dallas cops who ticketed that poor salon owner, and then the judge actually put her in jail for a bit. Unreal… Thanks to columnist Cheryl K. Chumley for that great story about Sheriff Bianco there in southern California doing the right thing. Cheryl Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on Twitter @ckchumley 🙂
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged American Values, Big government, California, Chad Bianco, Civil Liberties, Freedom, Heros, Riverside County, Sheriff Bianco on May 10, 2020 by majbuzzcut. Leave a comment


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Zhang Xiaoen, the son of a successful businessman from Hangzhou, China, is facing prison time after borrowing tens of millions of dollars to satisfy the needs and desires of his beautiful girlfriend named Yang Yizhen. Chinese media reports that over the last two years, Zhang Xiaoen gave his girlfriend with a variety s of expensive presents, from designer clothed and accessories to jewelry, cars and trips to Dubai.
To keep up with the constant expenses, the 29-year-old reportedly squandered 70 million yuan ($10.5 million) of his father's company money, and then started borrowing more money from his rich friends so he could gamble and win his father's money back. Instead of winning back the 70 million yuan, he ended up losing another 170 million yuan ($25.4 million) of his lenders' money. Unable to pay back his debts, the young man was reported to the police and eventually arrested.
Charged with fraud, Zhang Xiaoen admitted to poor management of his finances, but also blamed his girlfriend for ending up in such a poor situation. During a court hearing, he said that Yang Yizhen often accompanied him to Macau and also encouraged him to gamble.
After Zhang was arrested, his girlfriend, not only abandoned him, but also started collaborating with prosecutors to build the case against him. She stopped mentioning him completely on social media, and reportedly started posting photos of herself with other men.
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Office Depot, the traditional office supply retailer-turned-IT services provider, has confirmed reports that Janet Schijns, executive vice president and chief services and solution officer, has left the organization.
Office Depot had already begun to evolve its retail locations into service centers beyond the printing and copying it had been offering for years. But in an era where every company is a tech company, it had to bite the bullet and plunge into IT. Three months after Schijns joined the team, the company announced a $1 billion deal to acquire IT services provider CompuCom. Post-acquisition, her responsibilities grew to include building a services business that catered to the same community she'd spent her career building: business owners, IT consultants, managed service providers and telco agents.
The company's pivot to IT services geared toward the SMB is paying off. While retail sales continue to decline, they're more than offset by increased performance by its business solutions division. The company's strengthened third-quarter 2018 fiscal results announced last November prompted a 24 percent jump in its stock price. There's not much bad news coming out of Office Depot's business-services division these days, so Schijns' departure came as a surprise to many.
By the time 2018 came to a close, Schijns' role had expanded drastically. Originally brought on as a senior vice president to lead Office Depot's copy, print and tech divisions, she was promoted to executive VP six months into her tenure, with the mandate to bring the products and services businesses together. Then came the responsibility to integrate the CompuCom SMB teams; build both a direct and indirect sales channel; lead the company's managed and tech services; and run its merchandising efforts. Schijns handed responsibility for the growing channel services business to Heather Tenuto, president of sales, SMB service. Tenuto previously was channel chief at ShoreTel (acquired in 2017 by Mitel). Under Tenuto's watch, Office Depot has signed deals with master agents including MicroCorp and inked a distribution pact with Google and Nest for CompuCom technicians to install smart devices for SMBs.
Both Schijns and Office Depot are staying relatively tight-lipped about the reasons behind the split.
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31% of respondents own a smart speaker.
Amazon Echo dominates the market with 55% share, followed by Google Home at 23%. See more below.
89% of smart speakers owners are either satisfied (59%) or very satisfied (30%) with their device.
Music, weather, and general knowledge questions dominate smart speaker usage. See more below.
In line with expectations. At roughly 1/3 of the U.S. population, smart speaker penetration is in line with our current estimations. Other than Cortana being slightly over-represented and Echo being slightly underrepresented, we believe the market share in the survey data also resembles the current landscape. In terms of smart speaker use cases, our survey finds the most common activities to be listening to music, getting the weather, and asking general questions. This is consistent with studies like the one from Quartz here.
It comes as no surprise, consequently, that 89% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with their smart speakers. This is due in large part to the relatively simple tasks that the majority of users demand of their devices. For example, Cortana scores a 57% on our comprehensive smart speaker test. On a standard report card, this is a failing grade, but Cortana is well suited to play your music from Spotify, tell you the weather, and answer any simple question you have, so it's easy to see why the typical user would be plenty satisfied. Put simply, people aren't using their smart speakers for anything all that smart. But we expect that to change.
Changing use over time. The top use cases for smart speakers today make sense because they are well defined and they work consistently. Benedict Evans put it well in a blog post early last year: "You can now use an audio wave-form to fill in a dialogue box – you can turn sound into text and text into a structured query, and you can work out where to send that query." This works really well for simple 'google-able' questions or fetching info from a weather app, but as the use cases broaden, it is not always clear where to send a query. Just because calling up a Spotify playlist is a well built-out process doesn't mean the same is true for a YouTube video or Podcast. It takes a huge amount of human time and energy to make these processes run smoothly. AI assistants are a new technology, so this is not a long-term concern, but until the voice ecosystem is more robust, users will have to settle for somewhat simple use cases.
The reason we are excited about smart speakers, however, involves the much wider use of voice as a computing input to remove friction. We believe the preferred interface for countless smart home devices and software services is not countless apps or small touchscreens, but your voice. This will involve drastically increasing the number of defined places you can send those queries and the number of connected devices in your life. Music, weather, and general questions won't go away, but other activities will increasingly take place via voice. The desire for the voice interface is there. Smart speaker adoption is outpacing that of the smartphone, and the majority of users say they wouldn't want to go back to their life without their smart speaker. We think it's only a matter of time until voice cements itself into our everyday lives.


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