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- The Bible on Israel
- Genesis 12:3: God tells Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” This establishes a principle that blessing Abraham’s descendants (Israel) brings divine favor, while cursing them invites judgment.
- Numbers 24:9: In Balaam’s oracle, he says of Israel, “The nation is like a lion; it rises up like a lioness! Anyone who blesses Israel will be blessed, and anyone who curses Israel will be cursed.” This reinforces the Genesis promise, emphasizing God’s protection over Israel.
- Isaiah 60:12: Speaking of Israel’s future restoration, it says, “For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.” This suggests that nations aligning with Israel’s well-being will prosper, while those opposing it face consequences.
- Psalm 122:6: “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May those who love you be secure.’” This calls for prayer and support for Israel’s peace, implying blessings for those who do so.
- GPS Spoofing BOTG
- BOTG report, people around this part of the world are experiencing various GPS issues, jamming and spoofing all over the gulf area.
- Phones are randomly switching timezones to Tehran and Google Maps is showing people long routes from Tehran instead of their local locations to destinations that are 20 minutes away.
- In some cases signals are jammed and maritime navigation is wonky.
- Let's just hope missiles are not purely guided by GPS!
- Aviation
- New Air India Theory BOTG
- I thought a good video on why dual engine failure with RAT deploying could be reasonable: [https://youtu.be/8XYO-mj1ugg?si=og2P1G9UeGfCoyWa](https://youtu.be/8XYO-mj1ugg?si=og2P1G9UeGfCoyWa)
- Also, a friend of mine received this in a WhatsApp chat, as to a theory:
- Here’s my theory, bear with me, amateur plane mechanic over here:
- The extreme heat in the forward equipment bay – caused by 40 degrees C ambient temps, close to max weight takeoff roll and the aircraft sitting in full summer sun on sun-baked tarmac for 3 hours – could have triggered a safe state reset of the fuel system controller (FSC) right after takeoff due to overheating.
- I did some digging on flightradar24 and noticed this airframe VT-ANB has been consistently failing to send ADS B data during taxi only from Ahmedabad, for weeks. Other 787-8s on the same route don’t have this issue. The lower antenna sits in the forward equipment bay – same place as the FSC – so heat affecting electronics in that area seems plausible to me. Could be a bad antenna, but this airframe only seems to do this at this airport. Could be that the extreme heat here pushes it beyond its working capability.
- The plane was fully loaded, close to max takeoff weight. A long takeoff roll, full power, means big electrical load and even more heat in the forward bay. If the forward bay is already hot (maybe 60) right at rotation, the last bit of strain and heat could’ve pushed the FSC over its limit – around 70 degrees C or so. when that happens, the logic card enters may enter “safe state” mode
- in safe state, the centre tank fuel pumps will stop because nothing is now controlling them. It’s considered safer in the logic of the aircraft to have the high pressure pumps stop if they cannot be governed. And the wing tank pumps don’t kick in, because they’re also controlled by the same FSC to the best of my knowledge) which is now basically offline.
- The engines lose fuel pressure instantly. the electronic engine controls (EECs) detect it and roll back to protect the engines. Then the RAT deploys almost immediately. With no fuel pressure and no thrust, the plane stalls before it can really climb. We get what we see in the video, a plane which takes off fine, loses power almost immediately with no visible damage and has a deployed RAT.
- Everything seems to add up to me:
- – normal flap setting (no flap lever mistake)
- – both engines lose power at the same time explains soft smoke free symmetrical descent
- – RAT deploys straight away due to engines idling
- – ads-b issues only at this airport, only on this airframe indictate potential heat issue. Ahmedabad stands for wide body’s are all south facing and accident flight was sitting in full midday sun for 3 hours before takeoff.
- – max weight contributes to heat buildup as long take of roll generates heat in electrics
- – sudden loss of power matches a software error, you can almost see the plug being pulled in the video. Fuel contamination has been ruled out pretty much. Icing isn’t happening in India.
- if the FDR shows the fuel controller dropped out after rotation, I think that’s the whole story right there
- Transmaoism
- SCOTUS Upholds Tennessee ban on sex changes for kids BOTG
- Adam—SCOTUS just upheld Tennessee’s ban on sex changes for minors when the regimen is based on a diagnosis of “gender dysphoria,” “gender-identity disorder,” or “gender incongruence.” Short highlighted article attached; I haven’t seen the opinion yet.
- My shoot-from-the-hip take, based on the report:
- · The main question was whether the Tennessee law violated the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. SCOTUS said no, because it applies equally to boys and girls. (The plaintiffs disagreed and said it treats normies better than kids who identify as something other than their “birth sex.” I’ll be interested to see how the Court addressed this.)
- · This will echo throughout other cases, because Equal Protection arguments are made all the time. Equal Protection was an important element in _Obergefell v. Hodges_, the case that held 5-4 that gay marriage is a constitutional right. It was often said that gay-marriage bans did not violate the Equal Protection Clause because it applied equally to men and women, but _Obergefell_ shot that argument down. (I’ll also be interested to see how the Court differentiated this case.)
- · Note that the holding applies only to a specific set of diagnoses. Watch for sex-change doctors to run an end-around by inventing new diagnoses.
- Big Pharma
- RFK Jr.’s Drug-Ad Crackdown Plan Threatens a $10 Billion Market - Bloomberg
- Before the loosening of advertising regulations by the Food and Drug Administration in 1997, US pharma companies had to list all possible side effects for a medication if they wanted to mention which condition the drug being advertised was intended to treat.
- Reading out a list of side effects took so long it drove up the cost for air time and meant there wasn’t as much broadcast advertising as there is today, said Jim Potter, executive director of the Coalition for Healthcare Communication, a trade association.
- The FDA change allowed ads to disclose fewer side effects and also allowed companies to direct customers to talk to their doctors, call a telephone number, or visit a website to get more information on the advertised drugs. In the following years, TV pharma ad spending surged.
- In 2024, 59% of the pharmaceutical industry’s spend was on television advertising, making pharma the third-highest spending industry on television ads, according to MediaRadar.
- If the Trump administration brings back some of those restrictions, broadcast ads may become more “impractical,” according to Meredith Rosenthal, a professor of health economics and policy at Harvard University’s school of public health, who has studied the impacts of pharma advertising.
- Vaxxed Moms BOTG
- My wife is 5 months pregnant. She is 30 and I am 35. We have been trying to get pregnant for 6 years with no success which I attributed to vaccines I received while in the Air Force. My wife has been adamant since day 1 of her pregnancy that she doesn't want hospitals involved at all but started all of her appointments through a local women's clinic because of our insurance. After much research on vaccines and the vitamin k shot we both agreed we will leave our baby's health to God and respond as responsible parents but we did not want to take the chance with any vax. So I had to test my doctor without letting her know our position.
- I said, " we don't have an opinion yet but this is our first baby so we don't know what we don't know. What is your opinions on vaccines."
- She starts by explaining how privileged she is to be in the medical field so she doesn't even have to research the vaccines and she feels bad for people like us because of all of the "misinformation."
- She explains how we as a country are going back in time because of anti-vaxxers and how many cases of measles and polio already reported. 5 minutes of doom and gloom. Obviously I'm nodding along like I'm totally eating her BS but I can see my wife about to blow up. So even tho I knew we would never see this doctor again I wanted to see how deep the hole goes.
- I said, " what brought this conversation up is a commercial for COVID vaccine and how safe it is for pregnant women, so we wanted to get it but we want your input before we do."
- She turns to my wife and says, " if we have a COVID outbreak the first people who are going to die is pregnant women. I recommend you both get the vaccine to protect yourselves and baby."
- You could see as she walked out how proud of herself she was for convincing us that there are zero reasons to question a vaccine.
- We have an appointment with a midwife this week and we will be having an at home water birth. Screw the "experts."
- In the morning to you both,
- Big Tech AI and the Socials
- Pope Leo Takes On AI as a Potential Threat to Humanity - WSJ
- This week, the Vatican is hosting executives from Google, Meta, IBM, Anthropic, Cohere and Palantir in its grand Apostolic Palace, as part of a two-day international conference in Rome on AI, ethics and corporate governance co-chaired by David Berger, a partner at law firm Wilson Sonsini that advises some of the largest tech companies, and Pierluigi Matera, a partner at Libra Legal Partners, who works with the Vatican.
- The pope is expected to deliver a written message to the conference participants, but has yet to have meetings with tech CEOs so early in his papacy. Microsoft President Brad Smith is slated to meet with Vatican officials in Rome this month and Google has been in touch with the Vatican about a potential meeting with Leo, people familiar with the matter said.
- The encounters could give the companies powering the rise of AI a glimpse of whether Leo will offer friendly counsel or a firm challenge.
- To understand the roughly decadelong dialogue between the Catholic Church and Silicon Valley’s leading lights, the Journal spoke to nearly 30 tech executives, clergymen and the historians and futurists they have consulted. These people described their detailed conversations, often held in secret, over the future of AI.
