Gloom, Despair, and Agony Warning

So-called ‘COVID’ so-called ‘relief’ bill proves Democrats prioritize tyranny
American Thinker | 13 Mar, 2021 | Eric Utter

And don’t get me started on H.R. 1, the ridiculously named “For the People” Act.

Senate Democrats successfully rejected numerous Republican efforts to reshape the $1.9-trillion pandemic stimulus package so that more of the money goes to Americans most directly affected by the coronavirus. The bill passed as originally crafted by Democrats, with the vast majority of the aid going to their loyal constituents and sycophants, including hundreds of billions for K–12 education, colleges and universities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and “nonprofit” organizations such as Planned Parenthood. And there is a little something in the bill for convicted felons and illegal aliens as well: the same $1,400 stimulus checks that law-abiding American citizens might get. Several Republican senators introduced amendments that would have prevented criminals from being rewarded with taxpayers’ money, but their efforts were shot down. The bill was ultimately passed, 50-49, without support from a single Republican senator. Remember Georgia?

This is a breathtakingly bold scam in an age of scams. Only 9% of the money pledged in a “COVID relief bill” is being specifically directed toward COVID relief. The other 91% is essentially being spent on a wide-ranging campaign to re-elect Democrats.

Think of this from the perspective of hardworking American taxpayers. They are getting $1,400 of their own money back, while subsidizing felons and those in the country illegally. And this in return for getting socked with — at minimum — an additional $5,750 in (per capita) debt! Won’t that be fun for their kids and grandchildren? Planned Parenthood may need those extra dollars.

It should be a lead story on every news show and in every newspaper. But it isn’t, and won’t be, because the press is 100% in the tank for Democrats and the rising tide of Marxism rolling over the USA.

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Dys(ney)topia?

No screaming allowed on roller coasters — let that sink in.

No yelling in Haunted House rides . . .

No “Mmmm!” over soft-serve ice cream!

You obey Now!

No Screaming On California Theme Park Rides, Guidelines Say
CBS LA | March 17, 2021

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – When Southern California’s theme parks reopen as early as April, it could be with one very significant and silent difference: no screaming on rides.

The California Attractions and Parks Association (CAPA), a trade group which represents theme parks statewide, is backing a plan that would tamp down on shouting on rides, such as rollercoasters, in an effort to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus…

So no one on CAPA has ever been acquainted with a girl. Check.

California’s reopening guidelines calls for businesses to limit activities that can spread the virus, such as singing and shouting.

Life is fun in California, isn’t it?

That means that visitors to parks such as Disneyland, Universal Studios, Six Flags and Knott’s Berry Farm may be asked to keep it down on such rides.

Seinfeld: “It”?

Elaine: “It”.

“Face covering usage and/or modifications to seat loading patterns will be required on amusement park rides to mitigate the effects of shouting,” CAPA wrote in its responsible reopening plan.

Define “responsible.”

“Additionally, on rides, guests generally face in one direction.”

So no one on CAPA has ever been acquainted with a girl. Check again.

Both Los Angeles and Orange counties moved into the red tier of the state’s reopening blueprint this week,

Orange is Red!

which allows for theme parks to reopen beginning April 1. They have been closed since March of 2020. Under the guidelines, they will be allowed to reopen at 15% capacity,

15%? What about the Teacups ride for 10 people?

but with in-state visitors only.

14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges . . . of citizens of the United States”

Visitors are limited to groups of no more than 10 and from no more than three households. No indoor dining is allowed and tickets must be purchased online in advance.

I guess Disneyland has answered the question “are we men or mice?”

CAPA di tutti CAPA.

There Are Only Two Words To Sum Up These Findings

The crystal structure of gadolinium ruthenium silicide, which can host a square lattice of swirling magnetic skyrmions (orange = gadolinium; green = ruthenium; blue = silicon). Credit: Y. Yasui et al.

RIKEN physicists have discovered how interactions between electrons can stabilize a repeating arrangement of swirling magnetic patterns known as skyrmions, which could help to further exploit these structures.

The spin of an electron causes it to behave like a miniature magnet. In a skyrmion, many of these spins are arranged in a swirling pattern that resembles a tiny tornado. Skyrmions are highly promising as a means of carrying information in a new generation of high-density, low-energy data-storage devices.

Skyrmions behave as if they are distinct particles, and multiple skyrmions can arrange themselves into a regular grid within certain types of material. But researchers are still debating how these stable skyrmion lattices form.

Those words are:

“Wait: What?”

Tuesday Night Open Thread: Racists Who Literally Suck

Meeting the Threat of Racist 3 Month-Old Babies
American Thinker | 3 Mar, 2021 | Thomas Lifson

We can all sleep more soundly now that the Arizona Department of Education is protecting the nation from the threat of racist 3-month-old babies. Christopher Rufo of City Journal tells the story in a series of tweets.

The Arizona Department of Education has created an “equity” toolkit claiming that babies show the first signs of racism at three months old and that white children “remain strongly biased in favor of whiteness” by age five.

Do you have something you’d like to share? A link? A joke? Some words of wisdom? A topic to discuss? It’s our nightly Open Thread, and you have the floor.

So … Now All Our Problems Are Over … ?

Image of a heterotube diode:

Sushi-Like Rolled 2D Heterostructures May Lead To New Miniaturized Electronics
Jamie Oberdick, Pennsylvania State University | Phys.org | 3/10/21

This device contains a MoS2 semiconductor shell (blue), over the insulator hBN shell (purple), over the carbon nanotube core (green) of the heteronanotube covered with gold electrodes (yellow). Credit: Elizabeth Flores-Gomez Murray/ Penn State.

Next step: getting it to stop making that “Pew! Pew! Pew!” sound.

Woo-Hoo! Humans Kick Total Ass. Yay For Real Science!

Tumors Illuminated Brightly and Precisely With New Biodegradable Nanoprobe

Caroline Brogan, Imperial College London | Phys.org | 3/11/21

To highlight tumors in the body for cancer diagnosis, doctors can use tiny optical probes (nanoprobes) that light up when they attach to tumors. These nanoprobes allow doctors to detect the location, shape and size of cancers in the body.

Most nanoprobes are fluorescent; they absorb light of a specific color, like blue, and then emit back light of a different color, like green.

However, as tissues of the human body can emit light as well, distinguishing the nanoprobe light from the background light can be tough and could lead to the wrong interpretation.

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have developed new nanoprobes, named bioharmonophores and patented at Imperial, which emit light with a new type of glowing technology known as second harmonic generation (SHG).

The findings are published in ACS Nano.

Bioharmonophores are both biocompatible and biodegradable as they are made of peptides—the same ingredients of proteins found in the body. They are metabolized naturally in the body within 48 hours and are therefore unlikely to pose long-term health risks.

Take that, cancer!

I pause in my celebration to notice that no reference was made in the article to the skin color or diversity of the researchers.