The kind of immigrant I love to see .

RobBlair comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Channeling some Reagan there - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c32G868tor0

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 16, 2019:

Well, I have to wonder about the “Left it in Good Hands bit ... I think Trump is actually more important because he’s working hard to fulfill the “Left it in Good Hands bit ...

For anyone wondering what the deal is between, China, Hong Kong U.

Bay0Wulf comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Well ... When a “poll” shows Americans are thinking more “negatively” about China ... the question is, on what basis? China’s finding itself in a pretty serious fix. Hong Kong, Taiwan and the “South China Sea” is all an expansionist effort that none of those places want and China ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 16, 2019:

@purdyday The problem with the Peoples’ suffering is that the CCCP has a pretty serious clamp on what the People hear/read/know ... they are pawns in a chess game where they don’t know the rules

For anyone wondering what the deal is between, China, Hong Kong U.

Bay0Wulf comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Well ... When a “poll” shows Americans are thinking more “negatively” about China ... the question is, on what basis? China’s finding itself in a pretty serious fix. Hong Kong, Taiwan and the “South China Sea” is all an expansionist effort that none of those places want and China ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 16, 2019:

@purdyday Dunno about those “hare balls” ... since when were rabbit testes an issue?

Ok, this is an example of the daily struggle against leftist propaganda that perhaps will clarify ...

James comments on Aug 15, 2019:

This is outrageous. Propaganda machine. NYT should be declared fake news.

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 16, 2019:

How does one “declare” such a thing? It’s obvious that it is ... or, at the very least, totally biased “reporting”. However, it is completely in keeping with the demand from the Left ... “WE Will Tell You What You ‘Think’ ... YOUR ‘Thought’ is NOT Required or Desired.” It used to be a case of; “All the News that’s fit to Priint” Now it’s; “Check in Daily to Find Out What Your Talking Points Are ...”

Memorable Quote: Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden; “We Choose “TRUTH” Over FACTS .

jwhitten comments on Aug 14, 2019:

Stated so badly? I don't think so. That was right on the money.

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 14, 2019:

Um ... you misread ... Baldly as in naked and unadorned without any attempt at subtlety ...

China has apparently decided they don’t “Need to Follow No Stinkin’ Agreement” about Hong ...

RobBlair comments on Aug 12, 2019:

This is going to be very sad

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 13, 2019:

Going by China’s historical record ... not to mention some of the current items (Uigars) ... it has the potential to be very sad very fast. I’m pretty sure that we’ll know when things go “bad” when Hong Kong suddenly goes “dark” in terms of electronic transmissions...

China has apparently decided they don’t “Need to Follow No Stinkin’ Agreement” about Hong ...

timon_phocas comments on Aug 12, 2019:

This looks like an escalation of Hong Kong riot police tactics, but not an invasion by mainland PLA.

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 12, 2019:

@timon_phocas Sorry ... I don’t really think of it as a “Red Dawn” type of “invasion”. Hong Kong is about 25% of the size of Puerto Rico ... It wouldn’t take much to walk in, take over every important aspect, and let it grind to a stop. Heck, simply stop food from entering ...

China has apparently decided they don’t “Need to Follow No Stinkin’ Agreement” about Hong ...

purdyday comments on Aug 12, 2019:

@Bay0Wulf This is so sad! It was expected China would pull this more than 2 decades ago and 97 deadline. Then assumed they had left it alone for international trade reasons, now it seems to be against civil anti-extradition demonstrations, is there more to it than that, do you think?

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 12, 2019:

My Chinese girlfriend of that time (Red Chinese National Escapee / Refugee ... new US Citizen) didn’t believe that the CCCP would hold off at all. She and all her friends were very surprised but have remained skeptical ever since. Honestly I think that, given all the rest of the Expansionist things China is doing, this is no surprise. I would not be surprised to see a similar pretext cooked up for Taiwan relatively soon. I think China Left it alone for trade purposes but now, have decided they can “handle” trade themselves ... but more ... I think the CCCP has decided that maybe Hong Kong will somehow seek actual independence and, given the current “World” mentality ... find that they have a lot of support. I think it’s likely that this is a pre-emptive strike ... to get it “out of the way” soon to be followed by Singapore and perhaps Macau ... so they can more fully concentrate on “taking over” what they’ve decided is “Their” China Sea.

China has apparently decided they don’t “Need to Follow No Stinkin’ Agreement” about Hong ...

timon_phocas comments on Aug 12, 2019:

This looks like an escalation of Hong Kong riot police tactics, but not an invasion by mainland PLA.

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 12, 2019:

An awful lot of truckloads of troops and armored vehicles for simply “Riot Suppression” though I admit I didn’t see “troops”, there’s over 125 troop transport vehicles ... figure 20+ per truck = 2500 troops plus at least 30 armored vehicles at another 8+ aside from the operators = 240 ... that’s over 3000 troops. Unless China sent them down empty ... Want to guess how likely that is?

Many of us here seem to know about “Propagandized Media” already and maybe need no introduction ...

RMSPT comments on Aug 11, 2019:

I find the description of the weaponization of words accurate. I don’t agree with his take on homosexuality being debaucherous evil Sin as many heteros engage in the same levels of “free love” but I do agree it (the support for homosexuality) has been weaponized. I have two cousins that are ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 12, 2019:

I think that you focused too closely on the Faith/Religious/Spiritual aspect of the piece (“sin” ) Perhaps you have a bias against “Faith/Religion ”? Being of no recognized “Faith” myself ... though not Atheist or Agnostic ... I can maybe understand that. Having close relatives of the homosexual persuasion myself ... I can understand your “support” of that lifestyle. However, while “Faith” was mentioned briefly, much more time was spent on the question from the point of view of the “Reality of Life” ... the “Continuation of the Species” ... the “Genetic Continuation” of a viable ... perhaps valuable ... bloodline. In this aspect of the conversation homosexuality, in any form, simply has no place. The natural distain towards homosexual behavior is real, is engrained. Homosexuality is an actual threat to Our Continued Existence as a species. Personally, as long as they don’t try to “involve” me, consenting adults are welcome to whatever behavior they are interested in ... though I see that problematically when these “adults” have a family ... have children ... have Obligations they committed themselves to. On the other hand, as individuals they have all the Rights afforded by the Constitution and Bill of Rights as I do and the whole thought process of requiring “Special Rights” is abhorrent ... is Bullsh*t. But even this is not what the article was about ... The article was about how the Left (not simply the Left but ANY “Authoritarian” group) uses Our Words, Our Morals, Our Thoughts, Our Feelings AGAINST US in order to further THEIR CYNICAL Agenda. If you doubt they do, then you need to become informed because, INDEED THEY Do ... Worse, they are Infecting YOUR Children ... YOUR Grandchildren ...

LEFTISTS LIE.

DanMartinovich comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Hmmm, seems 80% of the Democrats running or in office then are leftists. Right?

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 11, 2019:

Ummm ... that could be extrapolated ... On the other hand, more dangerous are the ones NOT seeking “public” Office ... the “public” Eye ...

LEFTISTS LIE.

RobBlair comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Point of privilege - Truth is how things are. Our perception of truth might be considered a value. Saw this Prager U. Still have some concerns. Yes, just two good people should be enough to give credence to the president's statement. But, has anyone checked the veracity of her statement ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 11, 2019:

Well, I go by what I saw and heard at the time. I refuse to pay lip service to the way others deliberately misconstrue or mis-state (ie LIE) What was said.

LEFTISTS LIE.

pbuck0145 comments on Aug 11, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM6k8uNAQBA

Bay0Wulf replies on Aug 11, 2019:

I have not figured out how to get the actual video to come in like this ...

Is it time to stop using the word "Racist"?

Biosphere comments on Jul 26, 2019:

The left has unfortunately succeeded making what once was a general and common definition within our cultural language, into a toxic weapon.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 26, 2019:

No. They really haven’t but they’ve succeeded in making lots of people “think” so. Keep using all words and terms correctly and don’t let them get inside your head.

The Mueller “Report” and Mueller “Hearing” .

ObiRonMoldy comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Mueller was not as expected. I agree with that. Madness one wonder at what point his decline started.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 25, 2019:

@ObiRonMoldy Funny, I never wondered about his politics ... he fit in so well in South Boston I figured he had to be a D. Makes no difference really but I know of many various unethical aspects of this guy ... and Weissman ... but for quite a while he occupied the pages of the Boston Globe and local TV. There’s a lot of interweaving of many of the people who were involved in many different aspects of this mess ... not restricted to the Trump aspect.

The Mueller “Report” and Mueller “Hearing” .

ObiRonMoldy comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Mueller was not as expected. I agree with that. Madness one wonder at what point his decline started.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 25, 2019:

My guess? Since he was a cretin when I first came to know of him in Boston in the early 70s? I’m really not sure he was ever anything other than a reliable Democrat Dog. They made him out to be this “Super Integrity” guy but I’ve known several incidences over decades where he showed nothing like Integrity. As to this report ... I’m not sure the guy even fully read it ... never mind wrote it.

Are poor black Americans already receiving "slavery reparations" in the form of receiving more from ...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 21, 2019:

This “Topic of the Day” is way too long and convoluted to give a reasonable response to in all of its aspects. All of the facets are of value and worth a good answer but ... I’d have to write a book to respond equitably.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 22, 2019:

@David42 No ... You be You and I’ll just ignore You. See? All fixed.

Are poor black Americans already receiving "slavery reparations" in the form of receiving more from ...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 21, 2019:

This “Topic of the Day” is way too long and convoluted to give a reasonable response to in all of its aspects. All of the facets are of value and worth a good answer but ... I’d have to write a book to respond equitably.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 22, 2019:

@David42 You ought to maybe read some of the responses I’ve made before you throw that crap at the wall. Perhaps try expanding both you own vocabulary and thought processes before making one word comments that reveal you as factually insipid as your icon is in fantasy.

Are poor black Americans already receiving "slavery reparations" in the form of receiving more from ...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 21, 2019:

This “Topic of the Day” is way too long and convoluted to give a reasonable response to in all of its aspects. All of the facets are of value and worth a good answer but ... I’d have to write a book to respond equitably.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 21, 2019:

@jwhitten Well, I think it’s deeper than that. As to “reparations”? No. I think that entire concept is dogsh*t. Not only is it ridiculous but ... where would you start? The Assyrians did horrible stuff to the Babylonians and Sumerians and I’m sure that there’s someone around that would claim ...

Warning to the Left: Let's Not Destroy Ourselves - YouTube

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Hunh! So he starts off being all about racism ... or who can be a racist ... based, apparently on the entire concept that Trump “is a racist”. Honestly the first caller is a stupid twit but he reveals a bunch of garbage about himself ... However he’s going to be very pedantic and explain ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 18, 2019:

@Don_Provolone It’s not particularly “Human” Nature. It’s ALL of “Nature”. Homo Sapiens (Humans) are they only ones trying to change what Nature sees as an absolute necessity

Warning to the Left: Let's Not Destroy Ourselves - YouTube

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Hunh! So he starts off being all about racism ... or who can be a racist ... based, apparently on the entire concept that Trump “is a racist”. Honestly the first caller is a stupid twit but he reveals a bunch of garbage about himself ... However he’s going to be very pedantic and explain ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 18, 2019:

@Naomi I long ago decided that you hit it right on the head with your “birds of a feather”. Outside of Homo Sapiens who “say” they’re not “racist”, EVERY Living Organism IS. Birds, Squirrel, Bear, Fish, Microbes, Bacteria, Viruses, Lemmings, Mice, Plants ... EVERYTHING (especially in the “wild” ) has a marked tendency to “prefer” its “own” over any other ... most often to the point of fatalities if one tries to “mix” them. AND, I would point out, with Extremely Good Reason ... AND EVERY Living Thing developed “weapons” to enforce Their “Purity” ... INCLUDING Plants ... It’s nice to “think” that because SOME Homo Sapiens SAID a Several Million year old condition no longer holds true, that ALL Homo Sapiens “Got the Memo” ... or even “Cares” ... People who believe that Millions of Years of Instinct can be simply wiped away by some Wishful Thinking in a couple decades are relatively stupid.

Warning to the Left: Let's Not Destroy Ourselves - YouTube

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Hunh! So he starts off being all about racism ... or who can be a racist ... based, apparently on the entire concept that Trump “is a racist”. Honestly the first caller is a stupid twit but he reveals a bunch of garbage about himself ... However he’s going to be very pedantic and explain ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 18, 2019:

@Don_Provolone Yeah ... most Asians are very unwelcoming of “mixed blood” people ... especially within their “families”.

Warning to the Left: Let's Not Destroy Ourselves - YouTube

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Hunh! So he starts off being all about racism ... or who can be a racist ... based, apparently on the entire concept that Trump “is a racist”. Honestly the first caller is a stupid twit but he reveals a bunch of garbage about himself ... However he’s going to be very pedantic and explain ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 18, 2019:

@Naomi Over the years I’ve had girlfriends of many ethnicities. I get along well not only with them but, strangely enough perhaps, their families, friends and communities. People and situations where most people would think that I would have been the object of prejudice &/or racism being an American of Obvious Scandinavian heritage but I get along with everybody... Everyone below represents a past relationship ... The Japanese ... anti Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese or any other “Oriental” but particularly Koreans (PS Asians ... Aseans ... DON’T Like the word “Oriental” ) The Blacks (Caribbean) ... remarkably free of prejudice except for a “tension” towards other Islanders. The Blacks (USA) ... Blacks from almost anywhere else especially African and Central American The Cubans ... anti most Other Hispanics but not overtly ... except for Puerto Ricans The Hispanics Generally ... Mexicans, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican ... all despise each other. The Chinese (Born & raised) ... anti ALL Asians and even many other Chinese Provencials The Whites ... are as screwed up as everyone else but mainly due to “National Heritage” &/or “Regional Background”. In fact, my earliest known “racism” was in Maine where it was “Euro American Mainers” vs “French Canadiens” ... which I couldn’t understand why a “French” sounding last name was a problem. Then there are the Religious Divides ... among Christians, Jews, Muslims ... I know that strictly speaking, many of these are not “Racism” since they seem to be of the same ... or similar ... “Race” ... but what else does one call knee-jerk Prejudice and Bigotry based on some ... Ethnic or Religious basis? The part I found to be extremely odd was that they KNEW each other ... or what the “Other” was ... (outside of language) by facial and body types at a glance ... like I know a pale skinned redhead is probably Irish or Scots ... and, when it comes to language ... don’t let anyone tell you that “Hispanic” or “Asian” are single languages because they’re all different ... I was pointing out their “Racism” within their own “Racial Type” that doesn’t mean that they don’t have Racism towards other “Races” as well ...

How many people are we?

TommyApplecore comments on Jul 15, 2019:

I am not a number, I am a free man.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 15, 2019:

@TommyApplecore Haven’t seen this in years ... a decade or so ago they did a thing on some cable station ... something like 20 or so episodes ... a bunch of us sat around and watched it ... under the influence of chemical additives ...

How many people are we?

chuckpo comments on Jul 15, 2019:

2

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 15, 2019:

@jwhitten You’re right ... I was gonna say that there’s a lot more than 7 and here, we were throwing in more that shouldn’t count but ... I guess it doesn’t count side or sub comments ...

How many people are we?

TommyApplecore comments on Jul 15, 2019:

I am not a number, I am a free man.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 15, 2019:

Where do you live? It seems we’ve been “Giving Away” ALL the “Free”-dom here ...

How many people are we?

Garsco comments on Jul 15, 2019:

Waiting for the IDW census form!

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 15, 2019:

Wait ... do I have to admit to being a US Citizen?

How many people are we?

chuckpo comments on Jul 15, 2019:

2

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 15, 2019:

@chuckpo Gee ... I even included a famous line ... “NICE Software Ste.Fa.Nee...” Yes it was from Short Circuit which I thought was an outstanding film ... I am almost never interested in comedies made since about 1960 ... they’re so often lacking in clever slapstick humor

How many people are we?

chuckpo comments on Jul 15, 2019:

2

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 15, 2019:

@chuckpo ME!?! A Smartass? Okay buttttt ... I “fixed” it ...

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RobBlair comments on Jul 15, 2019:

"Los Angeles had sued, claiming it was treated unfairly because it chose not to focus on immigration." Quite the opposite is true.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 15, 2019:

Actually, when you think on it ... They’ve been very seriously focused on “immigration” ... They’ve got the Welcome Mat and Free Balloons for EVERY ILLEGAL they can “Attract” or “Protect” ...

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

RobBlair comments on Jul 13, 2019:

The biggest problem with the H1B visas is that the recipient becomes an indentured servant to the sponsoring company. That's not OK. If they are here with documentation, then they should be free to provide their labor to whom they choose. "For example, Congress has failed to add funding for the...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 14, 2019:

@RobBlair, @timon_phocas See ... That dovetails with much of my experience. I’m still on call for “IT” problems for a bunch of small companies ... “Just in Case” ... I used to do a lot of repairs and upgrades but these days it’s cheaper for most of them to simply buy a new computer ... a new server I used to do a lot of Network stuff but these days there’s wireless routers ... wireless printers ... wireless ... Personally, I get the impression that what is being called IT these days is code writing ... and maybe if you are writing new and unique code ... but if you’re just modifying existing or entering someone else’s work ... ? So ... yeah ... Gigwork ...

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

RobBlair comments on Jul 13, 2019:

The biggest problem with the H1B visas is that the recipient becomes an indentured servant to the sponsoring company. That's not OK. If they are here with documentation, then they should be free to provide their labor to whom they choose. "For example, Congress has failed to add funding for the...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 14, 2019:

@RobBlair I’ve been working all my life and I make a pretty good income. I’ve fought to get there. Scenario 2 ... seems like there could easily be a lot of aspects that are simply against Laws and regulations and therefore maybe it should be approached that way. I don’t know what the “Market Value” of IT is ... and I’ve done a good bit of it before it was called IT ... it paid nicely but not as well as other things I do ... have done.

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

James comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Companies that hire foreign and illegal labor because it is cheaper should be punished with tariffs so steep they either stop or go out of business. CEO types who profit from this should be ostracized to the point they have to move out of town. ...Yet Wall Street and the investment class sit around ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 14, 2019:

Yes ... No ... I hear you. On the other hand, what is the World Market Value of this Labor ... because it IS “only” Labor. Worse, it would be easy enough to transport out of the country altogether. I think that MOST of what is called “IT” is essentially the “New Blue Collar”. I completely understand wanting to get paid well for one’s labor but ... what is “Well”? How much Training and Education does one actually need to be a 9-5 IT Cubicle Type? The answer here is, I Honestly Don’t Know ... However ... if the reason companies are lining up to Hire H1B Visa People is because they’ll take $70,000 p/yr and the US Median Average Income is Less Than $50,000 p/yr ... it seems to me that there must be an awful lot of “IT” US Citizen Graduates (60,000 p/yr) turning up their noses at a salary that starts 40% Higher than “Average”. Again, I Don’t Know but ... an awful lot of Family Practice Medical Doctors START at Less than $110,000 p/yr ... Can Somebody tell me Honestly how much an “IT” Graduate is worth? (Aside from “as much as they can get”?)

How Little Things Change .

Serg97 comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Sounds like the DC SWAMP.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 14, 2019:

Pretty much ... 2400+ years and very little changes ... Only here Thucydides is talking about entire Nation States that couldn’t field 20,000 people in total ...

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

RobBlair comments on Jul 13, 2019:

The biggest problem with the H1B visas is that the recipient becomes an indentured servant to the sponsoring company. That's not OK. If they are here with documentation, then they should be free to provide their labor to whom they choose. "For example, Congress has failed to add funding for the...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

@timon_phocas Yes ... I “get” that “cost difference” ... My question is whether Our US Citizen “IT” people “value” themselves too highly. It seems the “going rate” for an Indian is about $70k ... what then is the US Citizen looking for? From that Florina piece ... $200k +/-? A First Year “Family Doctor” starts at about $140k Is it to be suggested that an “IT” person is worth more than a Medical Doctor in the USA? Is it to be suggested that an “IT” person is worth as much? Even given that a degree in IT is expensive ... a PhD Medical Doctoral Degree is quite a bit more ... I revert to my earlier question; Given that the Median Average Salary across the Entire Spectrum of Jobs in the USA is a bit Less than $50k ... and given that the going rate of an Indian is about $70k ... It seems that a job averaging 40% MORE than the Median ... is not a bad Income to start with. Granted, if it turns out that you are a “Rock Star” IT person, you will probably do better but ... WHAT are IT Grads expecting to begin with? In most Businesses and Jobs there is an Industry Standard “Average Salary” ... it currently seems that $70k it ...

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

ScottforKing comments on Jul 13, 2019:

I didn't read the article, however, I would like to comment on your introduction. I think the compromise would have to be a cultural change, whereby we look to be more focused on apprenticeship in as many places as possible, that would reduce the issue of too much education debt. As for the cheap ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

I mostly agree. I would like to see apprenticeships brought back ... as well as paying internships. On the other hand, there’s the possibility that US Citizens are trying to simply price themselves out of the Market. IT is more of a “portable market” to begin with. Seriously though, I know young adults who can’t be bothered mowing a lawn and doing a bit of weed whacking for less than $100+ which is more than $65 per hour. I know young adults who HAVE NOT and CAN NOT “Do” a DAMN THING but think that $15 p/hr is “Chump Change” and want to be hired for $20-25 p/hr when they have NO Job History ... not even simply “Chores at Home”. I started scrounging for work at SIX ... I got my first “Pay Envelope” at SEVEN ... I was working typically TWO Jobs at 16 ... I come from an Upper Middle Class, Fairly Rural background ... I had daily chores to do before I could go to WORK ... I WANTED Money ... it was MINE ... some kids were envious that I always had cash ... some kids scoffed at the fact that I was always working ... I have a hard time understanding people who simply think that they are of “Value” just ... because they exist.

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

RobBlair comments on Jul 13, 2019:

The biggest problem with the H1B visas is that the recipient becomes an indentured servant to the sponsoring company. That's not OK. If they are here with documentation, then they should be free to provide their labor to whom they choose. "For example, Congress has failed to add funding for the...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

Okay ... I’m not sure how 70k per year is “indentured” ... maybe due to contractual obligations or something but then, that is also not “indentured”. The rest of your post has me ... confused ... The companies need employees capable of IT. Few US Citizens are currently available to fill the need. Hiring of US Citizens for the job is practically impossible (yes there are abuses ... Disney) since so few are trained. H1B Visas fill the need but, in turn lock the salary to what seems like people are saying is an artificially low number. How much schooling is required to be an “average” IT Employee? What does that cost? What should it cost? What sort of salary should an “average” IT Employee make? Same question for the Exemplary IT Employee ... the “Rock Star”

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

EdNason comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Some jobs in the US would go unfilled without H1B visas

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

@Don_Provolone Feel better ...

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

EdNason comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Some jobs in the US would go unfilled without H1B visas

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

@Don_Provolone, @EdNason I don’t disagree with what you’ve said about them being “trapped” by the System (though many in fact are not looking for a Green Card) When the Current National Average Income is a bit LESS than $50,000 per year ... the concept of $70,000 should be of Greater Interest than it is. The only reason I can see that an income that starts 2/5ths ... 40% ... HIGHER than the Median National Average ... has so few US Citizens Interested must be due to Even Higher Expectations Created by ... what? The schools? Someone said so? Because IT is ... glamorous? A Rock Star can make $20 million a year ... an average musician barely makes beer and gas money. There are Truckers who make $120,000+ ... the average trucker makes about $45,000 So ... there are IT People who make $150,000+ ... what does the “average” IT Person make? Who decides VALUE? Actually, the Market Decides. I think all those jobs going to H1B Visas is BAD. I’m not sure what is being PAID is ...

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

EdNason comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Some jobs in the US would go unfilled without H1B visas

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

@Don_Provolone Ummm ... H1B Visas are not “illegals”. H1B Visas are not typically issued for “Unskilled Labor”. I am anti illegals. I am anti welfare. I am anti “Free Stuff” The topic is H1B Visas ... Please try to keep up.

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

EdNason comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Some jobs in the US would go unfilled without H1B visas

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

@Don_Provolone These VISAs aren’t about “Able Bodied” ... these are about “IT” ... Tech Workers. This work requires Specialized Training. The question is, is there a way to train some people to be “Maintenance Personnel” and some people to be “Designers and Creators” ... pricing both the Education and the Wage Expectations accordingly?

What to do About H1B Workers and Employment?

EdNason comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Some jobs in the US would go unfilled without H1B visas

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

Agreed ... at this time.q We are stuck on a point where we have a need for properly trained Citizens to fill these jobs but the Training is more expensive than it seems the Job and Job Future is worth. I don’t know if the H1B Workers & Hiring Companies have undercut the Market Price/Value or the Trained Citizen Personnel / Schools are overselling expected income. It seems the H1B Worker accepts $70k but the US Citizen expects $120k or more. Maybe IT is the “new” Blue Collar Job ... with some exceptions? I mean ... maybe the people who “design” and “create” the IT “Systems” are the upper echelon and deserve higher numbers but the people who then simply “maintain” them should expect to make a good, decent wage but not the higher numbers? However, if this is true, perhaps the Colleges or maybe Tech Schools should be broken down into “levels” of Price and Education reflecting this?

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timon_phocas comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Last two IT jobs I had, they used American programmers to get the systems running, dependable, and fast. Then they laid off the American staff and hired a handful of Indian programmers to maintain systems we wrote. I don't think we need to import tech workers. I think Big Tech wants foreign ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

Any idea how the H-1B Workers (primarily Indian or Asian) finance their schooling/college/training? I understand that IT was supposed to be worth much more than it seems to earn but ... it seems to me that it has, in essence, become a new form of “Blue Collar” job ... Is it possible that New Citizen Graduates are actually pricing themselves out of the market? Is it possible that the “training” required is overpriced?

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timon_phocas comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Last two IT jobs I had, they used American programmers to get the systems running, dependable, and fast. Then they laid off the American staff and hired a handful of Indian programmers to maintain systems we wrote. I don't think we need to import tech workers. I think Big Tech wants foreign ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 13, 2019:

There’s too much truth to your last sentence. We’re caught in a conundrum. We want/need more High Tech Citizens but We chop them off at the knees by letting companies Import or Bring In a Cheaper Labor force which leaves the Citizen with Massive School Debt and Few Available Jobs. Essentially Our Jobs are being “Outsourced” right in Our Own Communities.

I stumbled on this statement: "Prisoners on death row may offer their organs.

RobBlair comments on Jul 10, 2019:

There must be a clear divide between their free choice to donate their organs and any judicial decision regarding their punishment. Perhaps leave their organ donor option sealed in an envelope with their Will. As an aside, organ donors should be compensated.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 11, 2019:

@Naomi Perhaps I am jaundiced ... skeptical ... of the concept of “Nationalized Health Care” to begin with. While I can see where it might be in the “National” interest to keep people Healthy and Productive, I don’t see where it would be in the “National” interest to use “extra” efforts to keep most people alive ... to extend a person’s life. In a “National Health Care System” what ... where ... is the incentive to do transplants? Transplants, the care required before, the procedure and the care required after, are all “expensive” in time and assets. Not to mention the item itself. Why would a Medical Professional who has been reduced to being “working stiff” want to be bothered doing this ... remember, part of an NHS basically removes all incentive, outside of personal interest, from the Medical Profession to perform “above and beyond” ... to undertake difficult challenges ... People seem think that a National Health Care System is going to continue to attract Altruistic People with the Incredible Skill that the Medical Profession does now... which I find odd. Can anyone show me ANY “Nationalized System” where Top End Professionals line up to join? Where ANYONE is actually incentivized to Excel? The truth is, “Nationalization” tends to turn everyone involved into a “civil servant” into an “employee” of the State. Government Employees generally are considered a joke by anyone who isn’t an employee of the state ... or by relatively low end people who desire a job with few requirements and a decent paycheck. The UN and other “Authorities” are currently talking about the “Need” to eliminate approximately 1/3 of the Current World Population. It seems to me that NHS an pretty much ensure that coming to pass ...

I stumbled on this statement: "Prisoners on death row may offer their organs.

RobBlair comments on Jul 10, 2019:

There must be a clear divide between their free choice to donate their organs and any judicial decision regarding their punishment. Perhaps leave their organ donor option sealed in an envelope with their Will. As an aside, organ donors should be compensated.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 11, 2019:

@Naomi LOL!!! Really? “Universal Healthcare ... Free at the Point of Delivery”? “Parts” will never be covered by anything like “Universal Healthcare” This is now and will always remain, a cash business. Desperation is rarely solved by Discounting the Remedy.

I stumbled on this statement: "Prisoners on death row may offer their organs.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Well ... Let’s see where that rabbit hole leads ... In China it’s pretty much proven that they are “cultivating” prisoners and “undesirables” for the purpose of “organ harvesting” to “order”. That is, they take DNA samples, blood types, verify health and warehouse people until...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@timon_phocas Why? I mean ... if a “donor” has more than one valuable “part” ... why kill the “donor”?

I stumbled on this statement: "Prisoners on death row may offer their organs.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Well ... Let’s see where that rabbit hole leads ... In China it’s pretty much proven that they are “cultivating” prisoners and “undesirables” for the purpose of “organ harvesting” to “order”. That is, they take DNA samples, blood types, verify health and warehouse people until...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Naomi That’s what I mean ... it seems China is doing a bang up job of this and apparently have a thriving market for it. The UN has recently noted that while some 20,000 procedures are being done annually in China ... and maybe there’s enough “volunteers” for that many ... they’re somehow providing for some 60,000 ... apparently Canada is a sort of Top Level Partner in the “extras”. Then, there’s this question; What if they only need one kidney, or lung, or piece of liver or eye or ... Do they just take the one and leave the donor alive until they need the other one ... or some other part? Actually a donor could donate both eyes and still have lots of useful parts remaining ...

I stumbled on this statement: "Prisoners on death row may offer their organs.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Well ... Let’s see where that rabbit hole leads ... In China it’s pretty much proven that they are “cultivating” prisoners and “undesirables” for the purpose of “organ harvesting” to “order”. That is, they take DNA samples, blood types, verify health and warehouse people until...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Jeeper752 Fixed it. I should have originally put cruel in apostrophes ... To me, it’s a matter of perspective. I think that people who are Legally Sentenced to Die should be immediately taken out back and shot. EXCEPT. People who have killed others in cruel and horrific manners ... they should be killed in the same way as what they inflicted on their victims.

So .

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 7, 2019:

The level points exist to deter spammers, and has been working out reasonably well so far. Admin could only come up with so many perks, and this group is one of them, a group for those who had invested considerable time into this site. Why do you immediately down such a concept, especially without ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@jwhitten I’m really not much of a “Follower” ... that simply puts one on the track of “following” someone else’s thought process and reveals little that is new ... especially after I understand their thought process ... I’ve never been much of a “Groupie”. The other suggestion you made “Groups-Posts-All” wasn’t bad though ... it revealed a few posts I hadn’t seen doing it my way. I guess i’ll Check that from time to time.

I did not have ...

chuckpo comments on Jul 8, 2019:

Dude does like his sex. It will be interesting to watch this unfold. And if ppl on both sides get indicted, the mud slinging will become an epic shitstorm.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 8, 2019:

Yeah ... Not like We don’t have enough BS flying around already.

So .

Admin comments on Jul 8, 2019:

If you have joined less than 4 groups, we ALSO include the 15 or so IDW groups. If you want to see those groups, just go to https://idw.community/groups/idw and click "Join".

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 8, 2019:

Yes. That’s why I don’t “join” 4 ... I limit my “joins” to 3 ... I use the “Join” / “Leave” feature to communicate in Groups I’m not permanently “Joined” to. It’s a bit ... bulky ... but it works.

Secretary of State Clinton CRIME “Charity” This List is Quite Long .

Garsco comments on Jul 8, 2019:

I had friends/acquaintances who tried to excoriate me during the 2016 campaign for pointing out reports at that time that showed the Clinton Foundation only paid out about 7% to charities while showing “expenses” of over 80% (as I recall). The Clintons have hoodwinked much of the world’s ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 8, 2019:

I’m one of those that has been down on the Clintons for years ... since stuff started trickling out during Bill’s Run for the Presidency. Though I didn’t really understand what the fuss about Monica was about, I already had enough questions about their past. I’ve watched Hillary for decades at this point. Her nonsense as the “First Lady”, her Theft of Stuff from the White House... I was disgusted when she ran for the Senate ... and was elected ... I’ve never understood what sort of “glamour” she had about her that allowed so many people to overlook her “In Your Face” actions.

Secretary of State Clinton CRIME “Charity” This List is Quite Long .

2FollowHim comments on Jul 8, 2019:

Trump doesn't bother her but doesn't help Julian Assange who got the goods on her while in office. I don't have a view on Trump but this doesn't look good. I watched a video of her lying for 18 minutes straight. They started early, that team. Sold dirty blood in Canada. Corruption is their ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 8, 2019:

I admit to being very disappointed in the Trump Administration’s action ... or lack thereof ... so far. On the other hand, there’s an awful lot of “fish to fry” so ... maybe ... there’s “reason”.

Compromise sucks out your soul, we all know it.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 7, 2019:

Excuse me if I find the entirety of your post ... puzzling. The examples seem like a cut & paste job but ... no matter. It seems as though you are against “Compromise” as if you ... or anyone ... has any choice in the matter. Are you unaware that Everything is a “Compromise”? ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 8, 2019:

@FaithJones I’ve heard of “Petunia” before but it was probably long ago and unrelated. I apologize if I impugned your writing. I maintain that there’s “Compromise” in everything ... including Politics ... “Compromise” or the outcome of it, is as easily negative/bad as positive/good. Otherwise, I agree with almost everything you’ve written (I think the examples were a bit much, a bit oddly worded but ... fun) Our current Political System here in the USA is “Compromised” as well ... they simply refuse to compromise with Each Other ... which IS stupid ... IS dangerous. Actually, knowing Trump, he would “Deal” ... would offer/accept reasonable compromise ... but ... the Democrats and Establishment consider it so “Unfashionable”.

When I see and hear all the rhetoric about equality, inclusion, and acceptance in the media, on line...

necroface comments on Jul 7, 2019:

equal opportunity, that is the true meaning we all are supposed to have equal opportunity....... unfortunately there is NOT, nor will there ever be equal effort......... effort inequality = outcome inequality that cannot be avoided. Therein lies the confusion. As Deadpool says"MAXIMUM EFFORT" ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 7, 2019:

Even “Equal Opportunity” is a definition dependent phrase. I have all sorts of opportunity but the truth of the matter is I wasn’t born into the Trump family (simply an example) therefore, my “opportunity” to own my own business and succeed are somewhat less. This isn’t meant as a good or bad statement, simply an “it is what it is” statement. I’m completely fine with reality. I would perhaps say I like the “Right to pursue ...” statement better.

I think that this is a good example of following ancient wisdom, what has always been the best ...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 7, 2019:

I agree with this guy ... pretty much. I actually almost NEVER agree with psycho-babblers. I would note a bit of an exception. Break “child” into; Toddler, Child, Pre-Adolescent, Adolescent and Teen. “Because I said so.” Might work to pre-adolescent ... depending on the kid, it might work...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 7, 2019:

@Oxfret I would agree that complete answers at a young age are preferable ... but not at the time of the initial answer. I would try to revisit the question an hour or so later when the kid isn’t simply in the contentious “But I Wanna!!!” mode and mentally blocking anything that doesn’t sound like “yes”. When a child “wants” or “doesn’t want” something they can get astoundingly single minded or, what in my world (people would say about me) “Bullheaded”. Even later, I still get that glazed eyes response but I can avoid that by asking “engagement/participation” questions to ensure that they haven’t heard; “Now class I waaaa....whaa... waaaa...waaa ... okay?” (I stole that concept from Peanuts ... but it’s actually descriptive)

So .

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 7, 2019:

The level points exist to deter spammers, and has been working out reasonably well so far. Admin could only come up with so many perks, and this group is one of them, a group for those who had invested considerable time into this site. Why do you immediately down such a concept, especially without ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 7, 2019:

@SpikeTalon I’m not sure. The Four group choice is a compromise they made several months ago when I griped about it. Because “joining” even a single group locked you in... “The code was adding IDW groups in the main feed by default if had 0 groups... I'll update it to be if you have less than 4 groups.” What I know is that regardless where I converse/post it shows up if there is an answer or reaction in my “message feed” so, like this conversation, I have “Joined” and “Unjoined” something like 6 times today. I can’t offer any insight on the “Follow” function (people, posts or groups) because I have never used it. I find almost everything of interest pops up in my “Landing Page” as long as I limit myself to 3 Groups regardless of what Group they’re originally posted in. I simply click on the post, get taken to it and it’s responses, and if I wish to comment, I “join” put my comment and then “Leave”.

So .

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 7, 2019:

The level points exist to deter spammers, and has been working out reasonably well so far. Admin could only come up with so many perks, and this group is one of them, a group for those who had invested considerable time into this site. Why do you immediately down such a concept, especially without ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 7, 2019:

@SpikeTalon No ... what I mean is that, the way IDW works, as long as you remained “Joined” to 3 or less “Groups” you remain “unassigned” and receive post notifications from All Existing Groups ... or so Admin told me ... once you “join” that 4th “Group”, you, from that time forward, will only receive posts from those “Groups” you’re a Member of ... that you’ve “Joined” ... Whether you’ve joined only 4 or 14 ... those are the sources of all the posts you see ... I “choose” to remain unassigned by limiting my personal “joins” to 3 ... so I can see a wider array of posts from every group. In this particular case, in order to post here, I’ve “joined” making this group #4 but, as soon as I finish this post, I will click the “Leave” button and “Unjoin” and return my status to 3 Groups ... to unassigned... I don’t particularly like this system but I accept its limitations ... I simply use the rules in an unorthodox manner ... (which, in my life, is not actually unusual).

So .

purdyday comments on Jul 7, 2019:

What , our feed exposures are limited to 4 groups, if we joined this one - I must have missed that rule somewhere? @admin please clarify this if you would, thanks.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 7, 2019:

No ... maybe you missed what I’m saying. You can “join” as many “Groups” as you wish and receive the “Feed” from all that you join. However, once you have joined FOUR, all the “Feed” from ANY Group you haven’t “joined” will no longer be shown to you ...

So .

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 7, 2019:

The level points exist to deter spammers, and has been working out reasonably well so far. Admin could only come up with so many perks, and this group is one of them, a group for those who had invested considerable time into this site. Why do you immediately down such a concept, especially without ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 7, 2019:

I’m okay with what you post. I’m okay with being “part” of this “group” IF it doesn’t count as one of my “Groups” IF it doesn’t act to limit my “Feed” ... BUT ... It Does ... It Will ... How is Voluntary Limitation of One’s Feed “Constructive”? I too ask honestly ...

then and now: terrorist wing of the Democratic Party.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 6, 2019:

Personally I believe there is legitimate cause to “ban” ... to “illegalize” face coverings in these kinds of gatherings. People caught in misbehavior wearing face coverings should be arrested and whatever they get charged with should be elevated to “Aggravated XYZ” Further, I think that...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 6, 2019:

@timon_phocas That’s why I would disinclude “military Training” ... I don’t think we need AntiFa types “trained” to be more efficiently violent. Truthfully, we don’t have much use for “Shock Troops” or “Cannon Fodder” anymore either which is the only reason I could see giving them any “military training” after all, expected casualties of close to 100% would mitigate the training ...

then and now: terrorist wing of the Democratic Party.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 6, 2019:

Personally I believe there is legitimate cause to “ban” ... to “illegalize” face coverings in these kinds of gatherings. People caught in misbehavior wearing face coverings should be arrested and whatever they get charged with should be elevated to “Aggravated XYZ” Further, I think that...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 6, 2019:

@purdyday Not a bad idea ... provided there’s nothing “military” about their training unless it’s maybe to be used as shock troops or cannon fodder.

We have already lost the food war; those of use who see it and resist must come together and demand ...

michaelBurns3 comments on Jul 5, 2019:

What is the difference? The difference is the factory farm, see the cow as a product, a property they own, whereas the pasture farm eludes to a better product and A COW THAT IS HAPPY/HAPPIER/HAPPIEST...LOL. The cow is still a PRODUCT, it is still breed to produce the best milk, Holsteins have ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 6, 2019:

@James Ummm ... I watched the video ... In fact due to my involvement in Organic Foods, Manure Remediation, Soil Science, Carbon Char ... and etc. (My Job? Skeptic. Business Program Management. Research and Development) All the other folks were the “gung ho!” Crew ... I was the one to force them to prove their endless theories and ideas. Anyway, I’ve seen dozens ... hundreds of these videos ... tame ones like this one for the public ... much worse ones for professionals, trade or industry only. I’ve helped make a few. Worse, I have gagged my way through football field sized “chicken coops” with 44,000 chickens ... in them (6 weeks from chick to market) with floors knee deep in “litter” (crap) ... hog pens (16 weeks from piglet to market) ... I’ve attended dozens of Agriculture (plant) seminars and programs for Holistic/Organic growth methods. I’ve assisted farmers in getting better results from the mulching of Tons of manures ... I’ve seen and observed and worked in and around Animal and Plant AG pretty much all my life starting with commercial crops (apples, potatoes, corn etc) since I was six (in the mid 60s). I understand your disgust ... distain ... horror ... But, unfortunately there’s wishful thinking and reality and most of those “Better Practices” are wishful thinking. Even Big Ag lives on a very small profit margin where those “practices” slice away at it. Even the small farmer ... or even more so ... is stuck with maximizing their production. They simply can’t afford to follow those “wishful” ideas ... much as many would honestly like to. Then there’s the actual Market ... the Demand from the Consumers ... which can ... in no way ... be met by Growers or Farmers who try to stick to those “Wishful” Best ... Humane ... Practices. Some of them honestly try but ... they simply go broke ... at best they can devote only a small percentage of their capability to “Organic” or “Humane” Production and even that is a heartbreaking drain on their capacity. Farming at every level ... but especially commercial ... is bonecrushing, Mind dulling, sadness while balancing on the edge of bankruptcy. Dairy? A dairy farmer is married to those cows. Two times a day, 7 days, 365 they MUST be milked. Each cow is thousands of dollars on the hoof. ONE sick, hurt or non productive cow is a personal tragedy. So please, don’t get all huffy because you’ve seen a relatively tame video showing you the smallest tip of a massive iceberg. These folks aren’t “controlling” the Food Supply. They are running as fast as they can to simply keep the World from Starving.

Media Predictions of “Tiny Crowd” For Trump July 4 Speech Proven Spectacularly Wrong ...

purdyday comments on Jul 5, 2019:

As long as the media is allowed to spread it's lies, we face only dark days ahead.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 5, 2019:

Well ... it certainly makes it difficult ... I wonder ... if I started a “Tar and Feather and Ride Em’ Out on a Rail” Club ... dedicated to tracking down these damaging “Media Types” ... how many I could get to join? I KNOW!!! To distinguish us from the AntiFa crowd, WE could use those Other Leftist Costumes ... White Robes and Pointy Hats ... I bet THAT would confuse the hell out of them!!!

Interesting .

Naomi comments on Jul 4, 2019:

Hello. I have to wonder what is supposed to happen once the signed agreement ends... All the protests going on right now will have to come to an end in vain, no?

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 4, 2019:

2034 is a bit of a ways away ... Maybe the people in Hong Kong will turn into the Vietnam Boat People fleeing for their ... souls ... Maybe they think China will just leave them at peace (fat chance) I think the original idea was that China would come to understand that they needed Hong Kong as an “interface” with the rest of the world ... Personally I’d be lining up my getaway for instant activation ... I might wait for the very last minute, but I’d have the car-boat-jet idling ...

Interesting .

timon_phocas comments on Jul 4, 2019:

"One country, two systems" was Beijing's overture to Taiwan. I wonder how this is playing in Taipei?

Bay0Wulf replies on Jul 4, 2019:

Good question. I consider it extremely interesting that China has already “claimed” Formosa as THEIRS and is actively threatening anyone who tries to deal with them as an independent. China tried threatening US recently against allowing their (Taiwan/Formosa) envoys to stop in WDC on their way to and from Jamaica. I would’ve liked to have been a “fly on the wall” when that threat came through ...

India and the origins of Zero - Firstpost

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 27, 2019:

Hmmm ... I’ll have to look deeper into this. Sumerian use of a null set (zero) went quite a ways beyond being simply a “placeholder” as they used it rather complex calculations. As to crediting “Arabs” with “Higher Math” such as algebra is concerned, I believe that was a ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 27, 2019:

@Naomi Some of that is tough ... I have several volumes on the Sumerians and Mesopotamia in general. Many involve the archeological findings and direct cuneiform translations from tablets either collected originals or copied by Assyrians, Hittites and others. Much has to be derived by extrapolation and/or comparison as tablets were broken, copied with another Civilization’s or Empire’s desire to “spin” the narrative for their own aggrandizement. Not to mention each “translators’s” own preconceptions ... Dusty tomes indeed ... Were I somewhat younger I would have undertaken learning cuneiform myself but ...

A Third of Women Lie on Dates to Manipulate Men for Free Food [youtu.be]

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 23, 2019:

I have to admit that I see things like this and ... simply fail to understand. Until the mid 90’s women in my life were “easy” ... and I don’t mean that negatively. Sometimes I had “girlfriends” which lasted awhile but usually drifted away because I simply spend too much time wrapped ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 24, 2019:

@jwhitten Mayhaps but that game has never appealed to, or worked on, me. When that “game” rears it’s head, my interest fades almost down to nothing. I have found that when a woman plays that game, she’s not very interesting, giving or fun in bed ... mostly they’re boring.

Should I believe the statistics?

KeVince comments on Jun 23, 2019:

The statistics mentioned that they where unemployed, my question is if they are even employable. I am finding that more young people are not just unemployed but unemployable. the only skills they posses is that of consuming, they can produce nothing of value nor are they reliable enough to even show...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 23, 2019:

@KeVince Here in the USA I tried to talk myself into a couple of these in the late 60s, early 70s. There were things I wanted to learn how to do and I was willing to do them for free because I knew that I didn’t know anything about them. I offered to sweep floors and clean bathrooms and sort tools in order to get the chance to learn a little bit ... I even managed to get a Diesel Mechanic to agree but after about a week, an insurance guy came by and, seeing me there, pointed out his liability if I wasn’t an employee, and minimum wage at $1.15 was too much to pay a kid to do stuff he could do himself (actually the hourly rate is not the only thing an employer pays here there’s other stuff so a $10 employee is actually costing somewhere closer to $13) Personally I was upset because I was completely willing to commit to ... anything ... to learn Diesel (Big Truck) Mechanics. I had been working steady (sort of) since I was 8 but in agriculture so I knew what I was getting into but “minimum Wage” stopped me ... cold. Also, at the time, I would have had to get “working papers” and since I was only 14-15 that itself would’ve been a problem.

Should I believe the statistics?

EdNason comments on Jun 23, 2019:

they look inflated but who knows.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 23, 2019:

@ScottforKing I think the sample size coupled with the sample specificity leaves little doubt that this report is fairly accurate. The larger and more general a sample set becomes, the more questionable the “statistics” derived become.

Should I believe the statistics?

KeVince comments on Jun 23, 2019:

The statistics mentioned that they where unemployed, my question is if they are even employable. I am finding that more young people are not just unemployed but unemployable. the only skills they posses is that of consuming, they can produce nothing of value nor are they reliable enough to even show...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 23, 2019:

@ScottforKing May be time to re-evaluate the concept of “minimum wage” perhaps bring back actual apprenticeships where an “incentive” option is a strap, quirt or paddle ... or cuff upside the head.

How would you respond to someone of high intersectionality who claims to be systematically oppressed...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 22, 2019:

Hunh ... There’s a tale both in the Bible and in Sumerian Sources where the God(s) were tired of the endless and ridiculous arguments being put forth by those that they had created (humans / Homo sapiens) So in order to stop the nonsense, humankind’s language was deliberately “garbled” ... ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 23, 2019:

@jwhitten How do you figure? When people first started coming up with this nonsense, I recognized it as nonsense. I recognize; Male, Female, Heterosex, Homosex, Bisex, Autosex and Nonsex ... as far as I’m concerned, everything outside of that is a fetish ... which are too many to list ... People are going to be waiting a long damn time before I use any of the artificial constructs shown above. It’s not “bigotry” on my part. I think people ... Society ... is suffering from a mass delusion ... some new and bizarre hallucination ... Jim Jones can tell you, there are ALWAYS those who will “drink the kool-aid” and then there are a few like me who think you have all collectively lost your minds as you put that cup to your lips. You use those bizarre, made up, Alice in Wonderland, terms and you are simply accepting that the “kool-aid” might be acceptable.

How would you respond to someone of high intersectionality who claims to be systematically oppressed...

GeeMac comments on Jun 22, 2019:

I absolutely refuse to use the term “c**” to denote “the opposite of trans.” The term was appropriated from chemistry, and is a redundant, unnecessary, construct often used in a derogatory manner against non-trans people. Everytime we use terms constructed by the authoritarian left, we are ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 22, 2019:

Correct. Although I helped out your declaration a bit ... “Every time we use terms constructed by ... morons ..., we are in effect advancing their position.” PLEASE! DO NOT Feed the Morons!!!

High Tech Virtual Worldwide Prison ... Coming Soon to a Country, City or Town Near YOU?

EdNason comments on Jun 21, 2019:

we can not let this happen in the US.. If China wants it, thats their problem.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 21, 2019:

Well ... it really has begun in relatively minor ways ... There’s lots of cameras out there ... and more every day ... your phone can used as a GPS without you being aware, cars have several cameras now, and a link to the Net via “Satellite Radio”, your bank, the ATM, EZ Pass exchanges, the microchip on your credit card ...

Opinion | My Sister, My Uncle and Trump [www.

chuckpo comments on Jun 21, 2019:

What's missing? The Democrats self-inflicted wounds with the American people. The Democrats BEST strategy would be to become VERY quiet and let Trump live or die on his bombast. But, the dems can't lay off the change-up (baseball metaphor). They swing early, and they swing with everything they ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 21, 2019:

I think it’s even more to President Trump’s Benefit that the Democrats, DemLeft, Anti-Trump and Swamp Critters are running around like a flock of chickens from the neighbor’s dog that got into their pen. Pretty much everything they’ve said or come up with, singly or severally, I view unfavorably. However, if they had a single message ... or two ... or maybe even three, I think they’d be dangerous simply due to the “popular vote”. As it is, it seems that you’ll see the Democrat / DemLeft “base” voting in a bunch of fragmented groups ... I doubt that they’ll manage to even put together a “popular consensus” never mind a “popular majority”.

Hongkongers are fighting for liberty and rights of individuals

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 16, 2019:

I’m actually surprised that mainland China waited this long to “fully absorb” Hong Kong.. Many Chinese fled Hong Kong in the months preceding Great Britain’s turning it back to them due to fears of what would happen. It was actually surprising to many, myself included, that China ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 17, 2019:

@Naomi @Naomi I can’t say that I’ve compiled stats on the effectiveness of protests but I have a historical overview of them and their effectiveness seems to depend on several factors. Peacefulness or Violence. Relative Freedom of the Government involved ... or lack of ... Here in the USA a boisterous peaceful protest can have an effect in “expanding awareness” ... which I might not actually appreciate ... some of the recent ones I’d’ve been happy to see the protesters gassed and shot with paintball guns and hauled away ... but I am quick to point out that I am not a “nice guy”. However, whether I agree or disagree with their aims, they seem to have some effectiveness in direct relation to the media attention they garner. In other locations it seems easy to see the effectiveness is mostly determined by how close to Totalitarian the government is ... which seems to explain the lack of response to the yellow vests in France ... which is largely peaceful and therefore easy to ignore. In China there are several protests annually but they go unheard and unseen as the Chinese have full control over the media. As far as I can tell, they are basically peaceful but I suspect that they are treated quite harshly. The protests in Venezuela seem to be gaining quite a bit of traction but I think that is due to the media coverage they’ve been getting and the Active Attention they’ve been receiving from the “World Community” such as the USA and sanctions against the government. The same could be said of the “Apartied” in South Africa which might have gone no-where had not various nations jumped in with (misguided) “Social Awareness” and began to emplace embargoes and sanctions. Violent protests are another situation altogether ... two famous ones were the French Revolution and the Bolshevik Uprising ... which overturned their governments. I think that these days Press and World Attention can have an effect even if the protest is “peaceful” depending on how easily “substantial pressure” can be brought to bear ... but I haven’t noticed it helped the Iranians and I doubt highly that it will help the Chinese

Hongkongers are fighting for liberty and rights of individuals

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 17, 2019:

“For the past two decades, the Chinese regime has been killing prisoners of conscience for their organs. The purchase and sale of human lives have become an industry, and Canada, among other developed countries, has been supporting it.” I think that there is a pretty good chance that we will ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 17, 2019:

To continue ... I’m thinking that China’s “treatment” of people has just begun ... “Organ trafficking is a global phenomenon. However, forced organ harvesting deserves special attention in the context of the Chinese. In China, this practice is driven by the state. It’s directed at prisoners of conscience to advance policies of genocide. Forced organ harvesting in China is carried out at such scale that it constitutes an industry. Since the early 2000s, Chinese hospitals have been providing live organs on demand. Perfectly matched organs can be obtained in weeks or even days. With an estimation of 60,000 to 100,000 major organ transplant cases per year in China, the availability of organs cannot be accounted for by the number of death-row executions and voluntary organ donations.

Hongkongers are fighting for liberty and rights of individuals

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 16, 2019:

I’m actually surprised that mainland China waited this long to “fully absorb” Hong Kong.. Many Chinese fled Hong Kong in the months preceding Great Britain’s turning it back to them due to fears of what would happen. It was actually surprising to many, myself included, that China ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 17, 2019:

@Naomi Whether I agree with you or not ... as to how China “treats ...” China has shown repeatedly that they are uninterested as to how others “feel” or “believe” ... Your “beliefs” mean less than nothing to them ... The “beliefs” of the residents of Hong Kong are likewise meaningless.

Hongkongers are fighting for liberty and rights of individuals

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 16, 2019:

I’m actually surprised that mainland China waited this long to “fully absorb” Hong Kong.. Many Chinese fled Hong Kong in the months preceding Great Britain’s turning it back to them due to fears of what would happen. It was actually surprising to many, myself included, that China ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 17, 2019:

@Naomi Yes ... I got that but ... “Guaranteed”? By whom? Under what compelling force? Chinese products are routinely sold as “Unconditionally Guaranteed” but it’s simply a marketing ploy because, pretty much everyone knows that the “Guarantee” isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. Did anyone actually believe this “Guarantee” was any more valuable? More the Fools They ...

Hongkongers are fighting for liberty and rights of individuals

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 16, 2019:

I’m actually surprised that mainland China waited this long to “fully absorb” Hong Kong.. Many Chinese fled Hong Kong in the months preceding Great Britain’s turning it back to them due to fears of what would happen. It was actually surprising to many, myself included, that China ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 17, 2019:

@Naomi Liberty and Rights? Who “gave” them these things? Are these based on the “agreement” between GB and China? Is it any surprise that China has decided to abrogate the deal? Wherein did the people of Hong Kong derive these things? I think that HK is likely to find themselves involved in a Tinneman Square type of altercation and will lose ... and in the losing will make things worse for themselves.

Hongkongers are fighting for liberty and rights of individuals

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 16, 2019:

I’m actually surprised that mainland China waited this long to “fully absorb” Hong Kong.. Many Chinese fled Hong Kong in the months preceding Great Britain’s turning it back to them due to fears of what would happen. It was actually surprising to many, myself included, that China ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 16, 2019:

@Naomi China is back in “absorb” mode ... expect to see Hong Kong be followed by Singapore and expect there to be a serious push to “take” Taiwan. China has done everything it could to squeeze every advantage out of leaving these places alone and now ... they’re looking to upgrade their failing bottom line by taking them over completely. Figure they’re trying to “take” 10’s of thousands of square miles of ocean by claiming it’s the “China” sea ... when are they going to go after Malaysia... the Philippines (where they are already making trouble) and several other places? I wonder how soon we’ll be conflicting with China the way we are with Russia as they both pretend that they are trying to “protect” the people of THEIR “Ethnicity” ... which previously would have been called Invaders ...?

Is science-denialism the same on the Left as it is on the Right?

JobyOneKenobi comments on Jun 12, 2019:

There is a lot of money involved in going green. Money spent but also money made. Follow the $.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@Babou Not that this is particularly part of this discussion but ... that death thing ... It’s funny perhaps, but since the 50’s the average lifespan of the average person in industrialized nations has risen by some 20+ years or about 30%. It’s directly due to being industrialized that this is true because of ease of access to thousands of things including quality food and non-stop electrical power. Power driven overwhelmingly by “fossil fuels” which cannot be even partially replaced by “alternative sources” excepting possibly nuclear. Yet people complain and point to several of these things, especially “fossil fuels” and some foodstuffs as being the reason for ... and behind ... death. Isn’t this a strange dichotomy? Without “fossil fuels” the likelihood of surviving into your mid 60s is/was pretty doubtful but now, if people die in their 70s or 80s well, it’s maybe the “fossil fuels” that killed you ... ? Trump, Bernie, Biden, Pelosi and ... are all in their 70s and ... arguably ... still even “productive”. People are “going back to work” or finding they “have to go back to work” in their mid-60s ... and many complain about this without even considering the fact that, by all rights, just a few decades ago, they should have been ... dead. Both of my grandmothers died at 99 and my maternal grandfather died at 110 and each time the Doctors requested of my Largely Medically Oriented Family the chance to perform an autopsy. When asked why, they replied that they wanted to know “why” they died. They wanted to come up with a “statistic” they could write down (another one of those stats saying well, it was due to ... probably something having to do with industrialization...). Uniformly they were denied because the familial response was; “Oh, for cripe sake ... they WORE Out!” Like this question about “science” ... why people die is an ever changing answer ... theory ... and oddly it seems like this one comes down to, they live because of industrialization which, in the end, killed them ... or maybe it’s your DNA or Genes Degrading ... or maybe ... Today, they posit a bunch of statistics and one of the biggest one is respiratory failure which is attributable to ... “fossil fuels”? Isn’t that a bit like saying that the Chicken died because ... well ... EGGS?

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@chuckpo I dunno ... you seem to think I’m “unhappy” or “displeased” with the way things have gone in my life ... (Which, by the way, seems to be the stock in trade of the entire psych industry ... to the point they rather reinforce one’s displeasure... after all, if people aren’t displeased, what is the purpose of a psych?) I can’t say I am. Sometimes I wonder what my life would’ve been like if ... but there’s always an “if” ... there’s always the path ... or several ... unchosen. I can’t offer insight on what might make a “good” counselor because I never met one that I considered to be “good” ... which is odd since I’ve always had people who sort of use me as one which I don’t mind but still find it odd. As far as “totally happy” is concerned ... I’m not sure that I could be that ... or would even desire that ... I like problems ... difficulties ... something to solve, something to overcome. Had the accident not occurred, I’m sure my life would be different but I’m not sure about “better”. As it is, I have pretty much everything I need, most of what I want. A long time ago on Bleeker St. in NYC ... before the accident ... one bright sunny day a cable network (cable was brand new) was doing a thing ... putting together a show. I was “wandering” down the sidewalk and a mic got stuck in my face and a gal asked; “If you could have ANYTHING at all, what would it be?” I don’t recall even hesitating before I replied; “Nothing.” The video guy almost dropped the camera and the look on her face was ... well, maybe you an imagine ... She said; “Nothing ...?” I answered, as long as I have my health and I have my mind, everything I want I’ll get when I want it.” With that I walked away. I guess I would prefer the accident didn’t happen. The damage to my ankles makes it impossible to go backpacking ... or use SCUBA Flippers ... but otherwise, I suppose the answer remains the same. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@chuckpo It’s not about not answering. As I have no desire to do so it’s a relatively moot question. I suppose I could ask my brother who’s a doc ... or some of the many relatives who are involved in the medical industry ... for references but ... Honestly, over the years I’ve seen very few people who were “helped” by therapy / counseling ... mostly they come out of the experience “odd” ... worse for having had it ... As I said, I saw lots of them up until I was 16-17 and got nothing useful out of the experience. I think that therapy / counseling is a bit like hypnotism ... it won’t work if you don’t honestly want it to work. I can’t conceive of a situation where I would open my “self” up to someone I don’t already Trust and Respect and there’s like two people in the world that I’m even close to that level with. Frankly, I don’t understand how people do that ... with a stranger ... but then, in First Grade Catholic School they told me about “Confession” ... I might’ve been barely 5 but I thought that was a pretty big crock too ... so maybe I’ve had trust issues all my life ...

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 10, 2019:

And, you didn't answer the question how you'd go about finding a counselor. Really? I thought I did. I very plainly wrote; “I have no interest.” The books I had amassed were not psych books ... maybe a couple ... but I meant I was able to keep myself sane by stuffing information into my head rather than dwelling on my predicament.

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@chuckpo Have you ever sat in any conversation that was over your head? Yeah ... well ... Of Course. Well, sort of ... How do you know, or discover what you don’t know, unless you deliberately seek these conversations out? I mean, I rarely find myself in a conversation where I can’t find at least a rudimentary “handle” to get ahold of ... where I can’t grasp at least the general tenor and overall tone. Sometimes I find myself having to go off and look into a subject because I didn’t know enough about a useful topic (what I consider useful). On the other hand if I wander into a conversation with some people on higher level math, I will quickly wander back out. I can do some of it and have never had a situation where my math was insufficient for my needs but ... while I can do it and probably could get much better ... like I’ve often explained to people ... I can change the 5 speed transmission in my mustang but that doesn’t mean I “Want to”

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@chuckpo You may be seeing things like others can't. You could also be self-indulgent or gravely wrong or even crazy. That's something to be grappled with. How do you know? How do any of us know? I think I see many things that others don’t ... simply because of the diversity and accessibility of my knowledge database ... information can be mated with other information that may not seem complimentary but when moved into the right positions, the parts “fit”. For instance, though it drives people nuts, I relate many things to plumbing. I know they’re different but ... they’re the same as well ... I’m a pretty good plumber to me it’s simple and easy and I’ve done a lot of it ... to me the circulatory system is basic plumbing ... electricity is basic plumbing ... electronics (I trained in Advanced for Submarines) is basic plumbing ... computer electronics and logic is basic plumbing ... it all involves the “flow” of some “thing” from one place to another through a series of controls ... obviously all the components are different and the “thing” is different but the action/result is similar ... I drove a top neurologist nuts because while he was explaining my nerve damage, I was repeating it as simple electronics (which honestly is all the nervous system is) Could I be “wrong”? Yes. Of course. I think I avoid this by breaking everything, regardless how complex, Down to simple basic units of previously known constants and “build the image” up from there. By making sure I have a solid foundation, I can usually be sure that the final construct is either correct or, easily tweaked if in error. Could I be “Crazy”? That’s interesting ... I tell people I’m “crazy” all the time ... not as in demented but as in “seeing” things from completely “Un-normal” points and perspectives of “view”. Do I believe I’m “insane”? Yes-No-Maybe ... what’s your definition of “sane”? If it’s to be the way 99.9% of the current society chooses to be, then I am definitely UN-Sane Who’s to Say? Define crazy. More importantly prove to me that your definition of the term is in any way valid. Honestly, I simply don’t GAF what other people might think ... or even what they might think they know. I require proof. A term like crazy is pretty esoteric and therefore eludes a simple definition.

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@chuckpo TAG = talented and gifted. I think I was really too soon for this but I did get put into a pilot program of that sort. It was a real zoo ... every “freak” was put into it ... freak as in ... what? Advanced study type? The problem is it was all ... what I tend to refer to as “eggheads”. These people were brilliant ... no question ... but they were brilliant in only ONE Thing ... the Math ones could “do” math like nobody’s business, the Literature ones could quote endlessly obscure writers, the ... well, maybe you get the idea ... but, I swear, if you got off the subject where they were prodigies, they could barely feed or dress themselves. Okay that might be a bit of an exaggeration but maybe you get the drift. They were Single Focus Geniuses who were barely in touch with reality ... I would guess that these days most of them would be diagnosed as having asperger’s syndrome. Personally I’m a generalist. I know lots of people who know way more than I do ... in their chosen field ... I never deny that ... but, in a room full of people with different specialties, I’m usually the only one who can intelligently converse with all of them. I don’t mean that I’m anywhere near good enough to discuss minutiae but I’m not stuck sitting slack jawed with glazed eyeballs either ... I’ve actually caught static for this because ... even though they hear me “holding my own ... not indulging in nonsense” with others, they seem to resent that I can understand THEM and a couple other groups. I find that to be odd.

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@chuckpo how would you approach finding that counselor now? I have no interest. I did ... once ... I thought I really was going crazy. I went to sleep as a passenger in a car as a 185 pound guy in prime physical condition and woke up 3 days later being told I should allow both legs at the knee and right arm at the shoulder to be amputated. Having been told no ... they informed me I would never walk again, have useful function of my right are and severe nerve damage in my right hand rendering it useless. After living in hospitals for almost a year I was living confined to a hospital bed in my living room. After another 6 months I was on the verge of losing it (whether it was completely freaking out or long term pain meds or both I don’t know) and could not envision a future path. I requested a therapist of the insurance company and was denied. Thankfully I owned a truly massive library of books I had bought but hadn’t had time to read. A few more surgeries later, I got to where I could walk ... sort of ... and had forced alternate nerves to drive my hand ... I’ve only moved straightline forward from there ... now, for fun and a workout, I enjoy spending days in the woods running a professional grade chainsaw and muscling 400+ pound tree lengths into the bad of my truck.

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 9, 2019:

@chuckpo Mostly it was the school or guidance counselor that decided I had to go ... and often decided who ... though my folks later chose some higher end types. Honestly I wasn’t interested in being “shrunk” not at 10 and by the time it might’ve made a difference I had major trust issues (of course, most of these “buzzwords” didn’t exist then). The schools and my folks were frustrated because I blew any test I took ... that I actually participated in ... out of the water. School at every level was boring ... what do you do when a kid tells you that school is boring? Maybe they should’ve asked me what I meant ... maybe I should’ve realized that “boring” wasn’t actually a useful answer ... I decided that teachers mostly were stupid ... it seemed they really didn’t know the material ... or worse, they were lying. I got introduced to a school “library” when I was 5 ... it was boring (elementary school library) but I walked to school and walked past a town library every day so I went in and talked myself into a library card ... the librarian thought it was “cute” ... meanwhile I was stopping off at a local bar and “talking to the guys” on a regular basis ... not really talking at first, just listening to what they talked about and then going to the library to read up on the stuff they’d been talking about ... the librarian thought it strange that I spent all my time in the reference section. By the time I was 10 I was actively getting into disputes with my teachers over the ... nonsense ... they were “teaching”. Things never really got much better ... in the 9th grade I walked out of a Latin class, hitch-hiked to Boston and began skipping school by hanging out in the Library, Museums and sitting in on college courses ... when I could get in the door ... for 3 months solid ... While I’m sure things could have gone better, I’m not unhappy with how things turned out. I’m not sure any “therapist” would’ve made any real difference. Sometimes I wonder if things would’ve been ... better ... if I had been a bit more “normal” but that was never really an option. I’ve pissed people off all my life by being an apparent “know it all” but what REALLY pisses them off is that I never enter into a conversation about something I’m not sure of and whenever they “check” my facts ... I actually Do Know what i’m Talking about and ... I know dozens of topics ... there’s really no forgiving that... And with that I’m done with this conversation ... actually I don’t know why I went with it this long already ... or a couple responses ago ...

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 9, 2019:

@chuckpo Ummm as far as sports go ... I haven’t followed it at all since it became a multi million dollar career path ... so ... there ... I’m sure there are people out there that are considered “Great” but ... even were I to meet them at a gathering, they’d be of less interest to me than the big spider that lives in my tool shed ... I actually like the spider ... so they simply aren’t anything to me. As far as Jordan goes ... as I said, I tend to like/agree with what he says/talks about ... I like that he words it in ways I can recommend to other people ... which I do ... but I don’t really think he’s saying much that’s new or astounding. I like that he seems mostly like a normal guy who’s had normal problems and worked his way through them and can share “homey insights” with people. I like that he’s not some stuffed shirt that is so impressed with themselves that they think the stuff they vomit are ”pearls of wisdom”. It’s not like I’m ever going to find myself ... or buy a bumper sticker asking ... “What Would Jordan Do?” I’ve read/studied all the “Great” psychological theorists of the last hundred years or so and I’m completely uninterested in their assumptions though Freud was a complete wackjob Jung? Oh ... well, I think they make stuff too complicated ... instead of looking at a ball of yarn as a ball of wooly string, they spend their lives trying to figure out how one loop relates to the other loop when it’s ALL related to the fact that when you unroll it, it’s just one long wooly string. As a kid I was sent to one psycho babbler after another and I found them boring and tedious and my favorite game was “mind f*cking” them ... at 10 or so I was playing “Lucy with the Football” ... “C’mon Doc, give it kick ... I PROMISE I Won’t...”. My father used to tell them up front that I was going to Jerk them ... to be careful ... it was so funny to see them roll their eyes and assure him that it wasn’t going to happen ... but it was absolutely hilarious to see their faces when I closed the book on them after a couple/few weeks. I suppose it was nasty looking back ... even though they honestly are morons ... Here I was, this bright, earnest, clean kid who cooperated with them completely ... and they bought it ... right up til I dropped a hammer on their theories ... Oh well, I guess you could say I think more of the big spider in my tool shed than I do of people engaged in psycho ... stuff ...

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 9, 2019:

@chuckpo The old cow poke squinted at the sun ... and down the street to the body lying in the dirt ... shifted his chew to the other cheek ... and looked at the excited and jubilant young man. Spitting out a stream of spit, he said; “The problem with being a gunslinger ... with being the Fastest Gun ... is that there’s ALWAYS someone out there who’s faster, a straighter shot, luckier, having a better day. It might be any one of those that kills you, it might be that age slows you down just a tiny bit, it might be any one of a thousand things ... but there’s always that one thing ...” I dunno about Michael Jordan. Of course I’ve heard lots about him but was he the “Greatest”? I’ve heard that about lots of Sports Stars and noticed that they were the “Best” according to stats ... at least in some facets ... Who decides one is “Greater” than another? At what point does that fall away? Babe Ruth was the “Greatest” but there are many now who are amazingly “Better”. Times change, the yardstick takes on different shapes ... I tend to think Peterson is a pretty bright guy and I appreciate him sharing his fount of knowledge. I wouldn’t mind taking a week long canoe trip with him but I wouldn’t necessarily trust him to read the water ...

The modern world has made great strides in terms of technology and production but this has been ...

jneedler comments on Jun 7, 2019:

Riiiiiiiiiiight - because all of the people who parachute, paraglide, swim with the sharks, drive race cars on a real race track, travel to other continents, scuba dive between tectonic plates, bungee jump, explore caves, play paint ball, adventure race, etc, etc, etc .... prove that adventure ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 9, 2019:

Ummm ... do you notice that most of those activities are “Single Entities”? Or, at most, a small few? Millions ... Billions ... are watching TV or playing Video Games or are otherwise cosseted in their homes NOT doing those things. An extremely small percentage ARE doing those things. In those “Non Single Entity” items, have you ever noticed that there’s always ONE that is pushing the idea while the others basically are waiting to be somehow “Pushed”?

The modern world has made great strides in terms of technology and production but this has been ...

jnaatjes comments on Jun 7, 2019:

It has almost eliminated the necessity for adventure to support yourself physically. But humans have a psychological, emotional, and spiritual need for adventure. The hard thing about living today is you have to voluntarily break your apathy and seek out adventure to keep yourself sane. And ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 9, 2019:

“But humans have a psychological, emotional, and spiritual need for adventure. The hard thing about living today is you have to voluntarily break your apathy and seek out adventure to keep yourself sane” Actually I think you’re completely wrong in making that an all encompassing statement. I think you’d be better off stating it this way; But SOME humans have a psychological, emotional, and spiritual need for adventure. SOME humans ... (Some ... maybe Most Alphas and probably Most Outsiders) have that need. The “Pack” will often join in ... and sometimes quite happily ... on whatever “adventure” an Alpha (or their Alpha) comes up with but a Member of the Pack very rarely strays from the beaten path for any reason outside of Following an Alpha ... they might enjoy canoeing, rafting, backpacking, ski trips ... but they NEVER propose them ... while they will Eagerly “Join” them ... but it’s the “Group” effort Following an Alpha. Outsiders (Loners?) simply “Do” stuff that interests and excites them because it’s not a “Project” to pick up a backpack or waterproof duffle or skiis and simply go ...

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 9, 2019:

@chuckpo Oh ... and that’s a conversation that takes more than a few beers. A week long canoe trip maybe ... if there’s a lot of slack water paddling. It takes a long time to unpack it and provide context ... and provide time for the thoughts to “settle in” before going onto the next one(s) Yeah ... competence ... I’ve no patience (or understanding) at all for a lack of competence ... unless it’s agreed that we’re embarqued on something completely unknown and we’re simply making it up as we go ... (which I personally consider “fun” )

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Hunh ... Is it Live or is it Memorex? (A reference to an old commercial) Here at IDW you are basically encouraged/coerced to join/follow “groups” ... once you “join” enough “groups” (4) the “feed” you get is limited to those “groups” and any outside thoughts or commentaries no...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 9, 2019:

@chuckpo Uncomfortable? No. Not really. Lacking in the “Comfort” of having some sort of “Group Support” maybe. When you “stumble” or “slip” there’s no-one to fall back on, no support. You have to be willing and able to get yourself out of that hole ... ditch ... My biggest problem was I started several businesses ... guaranteed not to fail businesses ... that failed anyway. I could “get” employees ... I could show them what to do and how ... I could get them interested and “excited” ... but I simply lack the ability to “Lead” them ... I set them up to do a job and then leave them to do it ... I have many other things to do ... and they wind up drifting around like a sailboat that has great wind but lost its rudder ... a lot of motion but no direction, no results. I’ve always needed a reliable Alpha for them but Alphas and I don’t “get along” because I’m too “strong” myself. I can easily and happily work “with” an Alpha ... but Alphas ... NEED to be Alphas and tgat means they don’t actually Like being worked “with”. That “lesson” was painful ... was uncomfortable ... it was a Wall I ran into repeatedly and took a long time to understand what the damn wall was ... not to mention expensive. The only place I was able to be relatively successful was in contractual trades because I only hired pros and simply orchestrated the work but ... that meant the salaries were brutal and it’s hard to keep a crew like that busy job after job ... especially when others are trying to hire them away ... so, it was relatively successful but also short lived. At least it was profitable while it lasted ...

Mexico Cooperates With Trump The State Department released the text of a US-Mexico Joint ...

Phrankhs comments on Jun 8, 2019:

The only thing I disagree with is the Trump administration should have used the term "probationary" with regards to recinding the 5% tarrifs. If (or when} México violates the agreements then the tarrifs should be imposed immediately The Mexican government's *allowing* the Caravans to pass ...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 8, 2019:

Well, when it comes to Trump ... I think everyone knows that word is in there ... even if it’s not written. When it comes to ANY Other “Politician”, it doesn’t actually matter does it? Even if was made into an actual LAW, they’d eliminate it the moment President Trump steps down ...

Glacier National Park quietly removes signs that say glaciers will be all gone by 2020 (Link from ...

Serg97 comments on Jun 7, 2019:

Climate Change is probably a correct name for what is going, since the weather guys and gals can not tell you with any certainty if it will rain tomorrow, because of Climate (weather) changes. Weather forecasting is the only job I know that allows you to keep your job while being wrong up to 50% of...

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 8, 2019:

50%!?! Only 50%? I dunno ... I think their batting average is worse than that. These days I prefer weather.com and I can read the maps for myself. Maybe “Weathermen” are Politicians in Training? They lie to you enthusiastically ... okay, they THINK they’re telling you the truth ... and, while they make LOTS of noise, they get Very Little Done ...

100% Government Health Care. What does it mean for you?

Halligan comments on Jun 7, 2019:

I am seriously concerned and worried that the US will continue down this road. I think that voters who say they support this type of health care don't realize what will be involved and its consequences.

Bay0Wulf replies on Jun 7, 2019:

@Halligan Don’t get me wrong ... I’m not trying to say that PAs and NPs don’t have a useful and valuable place or, that they’re “untrained” but they are being used to replace Doctors and Nurses who are better trained with a lot more experience dealing with many more situations that only comes from years in the field. I don’t mind if either of them throws me a few stitches or checks and cares for a corneal scratch or ... I don’t however have any real confidence in them as Diagnosticians or handling the various aspects of Neuropathies found especially among the Aged or Long Term Infirm or several other specific “Disciplines” that Doctors deal with routinely. It’s not a “knock” on them but they simply aren’t as well equipped with the Tools or Knowledge that a Doctor has and I’ve seen many cases of Poor Diagnosis end up with patients who wind up getting worse, becoming untreatable or dead because of it. This is simply the beginning of the problem. If we are truly forced into Single Payer, I expect things to get much worse. There are many ways to streamline the Health Industry ... I wrote a 5 page system out for ... but Single Payer in the Medical Profession is considered barely better than Self Payer ... the Professionals know that THEY are going to get screwed in the end...