The dumb and dumber section

[outof thebox]

https://youtu.be/Dg2Rwofjj4A

It's funny that the fat pig Boris would even dare broach this topic. There would be nothing to see and everything to hide. One good thing we won't being much of this Twat soon

[George1010]

https://youtu.be/Roy9DbEzaPY

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The average American reads at the 7th- to 8th-grade level.
— The Literacy Project [2]
In the most recent study, what the researchers found was disheartening …

4% are nonliterate.
Some 4% of Americans (global literacy rate: 3%) have Below Level 1 literacy. That means they are nonliterate. They can’t read well enough to perform activities of daily living in a modern society — let alone to take a literacy test.

Most of them can locate a single piece of information in familiar copy. But most of them cannot review a simple table identifying three candidates and the number of votes they received to identify which candidate earned the fewest votes.

14% have below-basic literacy levels.
14% of Americans (global literacy rate: 12%) have level 1 literacy. That means they can read and write at the below-basic level.

Most of them can identify which candidate earned the fewest votes from a simple table identifying three candidates and the number of votes they received. Most cannot count the number of countries in which the generic drug market accounts for 10% or more of drug sales from two paragraphs and a chart of generic drug use in 15 countries.



34% have basic literacy levels.
Half of U.S. adults can’t read a book written at the 8th-grade level.
— Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [3]
About one-third of Americans (global literacy rate: 34%) have Level 2 literacy. That means they have the ability to read and write at a basic level.

Most can count the number of countries in which the generic drug market accounts for 10% or more of drug sales from two paragraphs and a chart of generic drug use in 15 countries. But most cannot identify the link leading to the organization’s phone number from a website with several links, including “contact us” and “FAQ.”

https://www.wyliecomm.com/2021/08/whats ... racy-rate/


When you look at the charts presented in the article it makes for a fascinating read. Kind of explains why it is so hard nowadays to hold or have decent conversation as most humans are not even on par with your pet poodle

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[Yodean]

I am pretty sure that his replacement will be worse. Lol.

[deepthinker]

Last Tango in Washington?

By Michael Brenner

Reality has a way of catching up to us. Sometimes it comes via a sudden shock — Sputnik or Tet. Sometimes it creeps up incrementally — as in Ukraine with each thousand round Russian artillery barrage and the steady rise of the ruble now 25 percent higher than at the onset of the crisis.

Dim the lights, the party’s almost over. But that is not the end of the affair. Whatever the exact outcomes, there is no going back to the status quo ante — the world, especially Europe, has changed in fundamental respects. Moreover, it has changed in ways diametrically opposite to what was desired and anticipated.

The West has been inhabiting a fanciful world that could exist only in our imaginations. Many remain stranded in that self-deluded mirage. The more that we have invested in that fantasy world, the harder we find it to exit and to make the adjustment — intellectual, emotional, behavioral.

An assessment of where we are, where we might go and the implications over time of the reactions of other parties is a singularly complex undertaking. For it requires not just specification of time frames, but also the varying definitions of national interest and strategic objective that government leaders might use as reference marks.

The number of permutations created by the array of players involved, and the low confidence margins associated with forecasts of how each will act at key decision points down the road, exacerbate the already daunting challenge. Before one even contemplates embarking on such a task, there are a few crucial considerations to bear in mind.

Those in Charge

First, the people who count at the head of governments are not pure thinking machines. Far from it. They are too often persons of narrow intelligence, of limited experience in high stakes games of power politics, who navigate by simplistic, outdated and parochial cognitive maps of the world. Their perspectives approximate montages composed of bits of ideology, bits of visceral emotion, bits of remembered but inappropriate precedents, bits of massaged public opinion data, and odds-and-ends plucked from New York Times op-ed pieces.

In addition, let’s remind ourselves that policy-formation and decision-making are group processes — especially in Washington and Brussels — encumbered by their own collective dynamics. Finally, in Western capitals, governments operate in dual currencies: policy effectiveness and electoral politics.
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/06/16/l ... ashington/

[George1010]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TdRdn6 ... el=FoxNews

If you watch this video to its end, you will be left with the feeling that most Americans at least the non-critical thinkers which appears to be the majority today are living in the twilight zone

[chippermon]

Last Tango in Washington?

By Michael Brenner

Reality has a way of catching up to us. Sometimes it comes via a sudden shock — Sputnik or Tet. Sometimes it creeps up incrementally — as in Ukraine with each thousand round Russian artillery barrage and the steady rise of the ruble now 25 percent higher than at the onset of the crisis.

Dim the lights, the party’s almost over. But that is not the end of the affair. Whatever the exact outcomes, there is no going back to the status quo ante — the world, especially Europe, has changed in fundamental respects. Moreover, it has changed in ways diametrically opposite to what was desired and anticipated.

The West has been inhabiting a fanciful world that could exist only in our imaginations. Many remain stranded in that self-deluded mirage. The more that we have invested in that fantasy world, the harder we find it to exit and to make the adjustment — intellectual, emotional, behavioral.

An assessment of where we are, where we might go and the implications over time of the reactions of other parties is a singularly complex undertaking. For it requires not just specification of time frames, but also the varying definitions of national interest and strategic objective that government leaders might use as reference marks.

The number of permutations created by the array of players involved, and the low confidence margins associated with forecasts of how each will act at key decision points down the road, exacerbate the already daunting challenge. Before one even contemplates embarking on such a task, there are a few crucial considerations to bear in mind.

Those in Charge

First, the people who count at the head of governments are not pure thinking machines. Far from it. They are too often persons of narrow intelligence, of limited experience in high stakes games of power politics, who navigate by simplistic, outdated and parochial cognitive maps of the world. Their perspectives approximate montages composed of bits of ideology, bits of visceral emotion, bits of remembered but inappropriate precedents, bits of massaged public opinion data, and odds-and-ends plucked from New York Times op-ed pieces.

In addition, let’s remind ourselves that policy-formation and decision-making are group processes — especially in Washington and Brussels — encumbered by their own collective dynamics. Finally, in Western capitals, governments operate in dual currencies: policy effectiveness and electoral politics.
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/06/16/l ... ashington/

Hmmm. Good food for thought. A couple of things stand out for me that I disagree with. His statement of "Those in Charge". He has it all wrong there. Those people are not in charge. Just follow the money.

He states "Moreover, it has changed in ways diametrically opposite to what was desired and anticipated." Really? By Whom?

Also, I don't believe for a second that Uncle Sam and USD don't have something hidden up their sleeve. This is far from over. The fleecing is going to continue for a long time yet, on all sides, East and West. We are all just fodder here. No one is exempt.

Just observations.

[LoriPrecisely]

Quote from article: "The West has been inhabiting a fanciful world that could exist only in our imaginations. Many remain stranded in that self-deluded mirage. The more that we have invested in that fantasy world, the harder we find it to exit and to make the adjustment — intellectual, emotional, behavioral."
I don't know who the author is, or where he lives, but he is not politically active in my state!! A LOT of people who are not politicians are stepping up to the plate, and going to local meetings, and running for office because we know it is necessary. We are fighting back against the predators who are converging on our country. I don't know about Trump being our next president (he says he is going to run again). Also, did you see the golf bag his son was using at the recent golf tournament? It was embroidered with TRUMP 2024. Would be an interesting twist if it was a different Trump, maybe one of his kids, like the Simpson's show with Ivanka running. Anyway, Trump endorsed a woman for governor in Michigan whom a lot of people consider a RINO, Republican in Name Only. Needless to say, many people are upset with him. We have better candidates.
Back to the article. A lot of people have become aware of Gates' agenda with purchasing farmland, the election fraud, the Critical Race Theory crap, and many other divisive issues we are being bombarded with. We are fighting back!!

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@Lori and Chippermon

Lori,, you are correct, resistance is the way to go, but unless the resistance hits critical mass, it can only potentially slow down the trend and never stop. It would take almost an act of God for even 30% of the US populace to think like the two of you. Critical thinking is sorely lacking in this otherwise great nation.

From a trend basis, the West collectively entered the decline phase in March this year. Asia and Eurasia corridors will dominate for at least 30 years, though this appears to be one of those extreme super-trends in play, which means it could last 180 to 240 years; anyway, that story is for another day.

In the meantime, the world will split into two corridors, the old guard and the new guard. In the old guard Zone, the US will dominate and throw the weaker countries under the bus to maintain its dominance, but overall it will continue to lose traction against the new guard.

A new slogan will start to emerge, if not already "GO EAST YOUNG MAN."

This does not mean one cannot find a way to exist in the Old West or prosper. In terms of power, England is a fly on the wall compared to its glory days, but it remained a good place to live almost 100 years after losing top dog status.

This is a vastly complex topic. One could literally write several 100 pages and still barely cover a quarter.

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Yahoo Finance anchors discuss Japan's plan to stimulate the economy: Get younger people to drink more alcohol.


DAVE BRIGGS: Here's a message you don't often hear from the government. Young people, you really should drink more alcohol. That's essentially what the Japanese government is now asking 20 to 39-year-olds. You see a recent pandemic change in attitudes there resulted in significantly less drinking and therefore lower tax revenues. Hence the need for what's called the Sake Viva campaign from the National Tax Agency.

Japanese alcohol consumption fell 25% from 1995 to 2000. This new campaign calls for new product designs and ways to promote more home drinking. Seana, what do you think?

SEANA SMITH: I have mixed reactions to this. It's interesting that this is what they're turning to help stimulate the economy. They're steering this towards people that are 20 to 39. They want them to increase their alcohol intake. They've got to be careful what they wish for because you don't want to go too far to the other side of it. But you're right. You mentioned the fact that the pandemic slowed things down in terms of consumption, declining birth rates, an aging population. So a couple of factors at play here. It's an interesting tactic, I'll give them that.

DAVE BRIGGS: They're going to have, essentially, an awards ceremony on November 10 rewarding the best campaigns and innovative ideas. So it is interesting. I think they should just do what we do here, which is legalize all sin, like sports gambling, gambling, cannabis. Find other sources of sin to tap.

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/japans- ... 59760.html

[Yodean]

... which is legalize all sin, like sports gambling, gambling, cannabis ...

The problem here is?



Nipponese are a bit uptight, in any case ... cannabis, EtOh etc. should be good for 'em.

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... which is legalize all sin, like sports gambling, gambling, cannabis ...

The problem here is?



Nipponese are a bit uptight, in any case ... cannabis, EtOh etc. should be good for 'em.

That was not my writing. It was just a part of the article. I see no problem with allowing anyone to do whatever they want as long as their actions don't inflict unwanted damage or another. If the person that is inflicting damage on another is doing it on someone that wants to be beaten up, that is fine also.

However, it is telling how the government wants to seek control even over mediocre crap as in how much a person drinks. Can't I drink when I Friggign want

https://youtu.be/-4LUjBLmfMM

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https://youtu.be/DvrFSx7hpMg

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https://youtu.be/aHZym4QG7UQ