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Better to Burn the Books: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/better-to-burn-the-books/ Read those paragraphs again. It is all more subtle than society today allows. And much too complex for Puffin Books. As the Telegraph reported last week, the children’s literature giant has assumed the authority to “regularly review the language” of Dahl’s stories “to ensure that it can continue to be enjoyed by all today.” This is a self-congratulatory way of saying they partnered with diversity, equity, and inclusion grifters (an outfit called “Inclusive Minds”) to edit his beloved books for a 2022 reprinting. There are too many examples to choose from. In The Witches (1983), that means everything from replacing a character’s line with its bald significance—“You can’t go round pulling the hair of every lady you meet” with “there are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs” beside being a witch—to trading out a woman working as “a cashier in a supermarket” for “a top scientist.” Out-of-fashion author references (e.g., Kipling) in Matilda (1988) become barely still in-fashion ones (e.g., Steinbeck), so of course these tweaks will never stop. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), Augustus Gloop is no longer fat and Mike Teavee no longer has guns. No one is crazy, or dotty, or short, and nothing is monstrous or fearful or any particular color anymore. Everything in 2022 is the same bland beige as the printed page. I would call the Puffin edits of Dahl barbaric but that would hardly be fair to barbarians. Indeed, it would be better had the evident cretins at Inclusive Minds just told the yellow-bellied cowards at Puffin it was time to burn the books. Dahl has had more than his fair share of controversy; if we must make clear our devotion to the new religion of global homogenization let us have a proper bonfire. Even Socrates, as Plato presents him in The Republic, only advises expelling the poets from his beautiful regime—this while he is in the very act of composing a competing work of poetry, the city-in-speech itself. And this would be the just response to literature one truly believed to be corrupting the youth: first exile or destruction, and then replacement with an alternative, allegedly superior work. But the editors of Puffin, like the Dahl estate and Netflix, which owns all the rights now, are not actually motivated by justice but by avarice; they will edit the books rather than burn them, and continue to make money off the name while earning status amongst their haggish friends. Every society uses art to enforce the norms and mores it seeks to cultivate, and children’s literature is an auxiliary in socialization to whatever fundamental canon calls forth a people or composes a civilization. But ours is an anti-culture, dedicated in its commitment to equality to the dismantling of its own canon and the elimination of anything distinctive. Thus unmoored, the preachers of our new morality cannot offer a superior alternative to Roald Dahl; all destroyers can build is rubbish. So it should come as no surprise, as outrageous as it is, that they would seek to turn Dahl to their own ends. His work has a fire they have long extinguished. And broken from tradition, with no core account of humanity to uphold or received virtues to inculcate, their efforts cannot be natural acculturation. Instead of cultivating conditions for organic growth, our tastemakers seek to engineer a human type, to oversocialize. By removing offending words or phrases or concepts, by flattening description, they hope to make such thoughts unthinkable. The editors at Puffin know what they are doing. They are professionals. These word workers, symbol manipulators, live in worlds of text, and by altering texts they can alter perceived reality. There is, of course, something to that (I am a writer after all). The edited edition of Dahl’s work has excised, as much as possible without undercutting expected sales, language that makes distinction tactile, that ties moral judgments of better or worse to physical reality or that sees the normal in the natural world. But in our overmediated anti-culture, where we are cut off from half of the whole of things by technology and simulacra, living in our heads, overwhelmed by ideology and propaganda and advertisement, it has perhaps never been more important for children to see things as Roald Dahl presented them. Sometimes life is strange and scary, full of witches and hags, the crazy and the grotesque. Sometimes life is very ordinary, made up not of people or folks but of men and women, ladies and gentlemen, who are short and tall, fat and thin, attractive and ugly, and in their faces, when we look them in the eye and get to know them, we can even see their character.

At what cost Dumfries? This country's children and grandchildren are already on the hook for trillions upon trillions of federal debt foisted upon them by previous generations that chose not to look past their own self-enrichment. How much more can they take?

Yes, I'm sure private investment has zero interest in this future wasteland. (that was sarcasm by the way)

Because when it comes to government it is the logical and correct view. Government has no business building football stadiums, or upscale apartment complexes, or shopping areas, etc. Period.

Doesn't matter. If more than a nominal amount of taxpayer $ is used for say for basic, minimal roadwork for connecting the development/stadium/whatever to the existing roads system that is too much money. A boondoggle that will never recoup what the public was forced to pay into for it. Educate yourself: https://againstthecurrent.org/atc143/p2454/ https://www.sportico.com/business/finance/2021/how-taxpayers-sustain-indianapolis-stadium-1234626373/ https://www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-8/633m-still-owed-on-lucas-oil-stadium-pandemic-has-hurt-its-revenues/ Happy 10th Birthday to the Most-Subsidized NFL Stadium in America: https://www.mercatus.org/economic-insights/expert-commentary/happy-10th-birthday-most-subsidized-nfl-stadium-america https://www.fieldofschemes.com/news/archives/2012/01/4800_indianapolis_to.html https://www.athleticbusiness.com/facilities/stadium-arena/article/15146232/lucas-oil-stadium-repairs-will-cost-millions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-02-02/super-bowl-lands-on-taxpayers-backs-as-stadium-deal-turns-sour

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-sports-stadiums-create-new-jobs-and-tax-revenues/

Changes to new editions of Roald Dahl books have readers up in arms: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/21/1158347261/roald-dahl-books-changed-offensive-words A dangerous new weapon is right. This is disgusting censorship.

Yet another proposed boondoggle funded primarily by the taxpayers. Just say no.

A number of those fumbles can be attributed to the piss-poor way that most running quarterbacks, and even some running backs, tend to hold the football when they are scrambling and sometimes even when they are not scrambling. Case point: Jalen Hurt's egregious fumble in the recent Super Bowl: https://youtu.be/BWkt79xkd00

I have seen restaurant menus that try to pass a fritter off as a tenderloin, which is why I almost always inquire before ordering. And I never claimed that the Edinburgh Diner's giant tenderloin was a fritter. It is just a giant hand-breaded tenderloin that IMHO wasn't very good, compared to others that I have tried.

I have found that breaded tenderloins described as 'fritters' are not that good, they are usually frozen, pre-packaged junk. Nowadays I'll only try new breaded tenderloins that are described as hand-breaded, and I'll tend to quiz the server on that point before I order one. Life is too short to consume a sub-standard breaded tenderloin.

Ray's Drive-In in Kokomo. Edinburgh Diner.

Actually they are kind of hideous. And a giant tenderloin, like depicted on the uniform, doesn't automatically equal a good tenderloin.

I can concur; Nick's Kitchen has a very good tenderloin sandwich.

And the Bears need an Offensive Line as good or better than the Eagles O-line for young Mr. Fields to truly shine. Good luck.......................

Once the various trust funds that fund SS and Medicare start running out of $ and benefits are cut that peril will come, regardless. Raise taxes to cover it and I hope their will be a true revolt.

But it will still probably be less that what you would receive in total SS benefits before you die. One of the failures of a entitlement scheme designed in the 1930's when people had a lot shorter lifespan.

The Federal Government Is Tracking the Unvaccinated: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/joseph-mercola/the-federal-government-is-tracking-the-unvaccinated/ World Health Organization Signed Off on Tracking Codes The ICD codes were created by the World Health Organization, and doctors — with the exception of those in private practice who don’t accept insurance — are required to use these codes to describe a patient’s condition and the care they received during their visit. As noted by Malone,7 the fact that the ICD system is run by the WHO is an important detail, as this means the WHO had to authorize the CDC to add these new codes. The implication is that these codes may be in use internationally and we just don’t know it yet. The codes are entered into your electronic health record and used by insurance companies for billing purposes. They’re also used by statisticians who track and analyze national and global disease trends such as cancer and heart disease rates over time. Over the past decade, these statistical analyses have gotten easier to do, thanks to the transition into electronic record keeping. In the U.S., the ICD coding system has been fully integrated into the electronic health record system since 2012. Within the ICD-10 codes, there’s a category called ICD-10-CM,8,9 and this is the category the CDC is now using to track the unvaccinated with specific codes for “Unvaccinated for COVID-19”10 and “Partially Vaccinated For COVID-19.”11 Gross Violation of Medical Privacy Rights Since there’s no billing or payment involved with being unvaccinated, and since being unvaccinated is extremely unlikely to be part of your disease profile, there’s no valid reason to record anyone’s vaccine refusal. It’s also a violation of medical privacy, as the records can be accessed by a variety of individuals and not just your personal doctors. As noted by Malone, a person’s decision to get a vaccine or not is a private matter, and your privacy rights are enshrined in the Privacy Act of 1974. However, during the COVID pandemic, medical privacy rights have been repeatedly violated and broken. Children’s’ vaccination statuses were shared with schools and employers were granted the “right” to know the jab status of their employees. Private venues were even permitted to demand proof of vaccination status — all this without a single word of the law having been revoked or amended. They’re Tracking Reasons for Jab Refusal Too If you need proof that these codes will be used for reasons unrelated to your health, consider this: They’re also using codes to describe WHY you didn’t get the primary series or stopped getting boosters. Those codes are listed in the screenshot below, under Z28.3 Underimmunization Status.12 The use of “delinquent immunization status” under code Z28.39 also tells us something about where this is all headed. “Delinquent” means being “neglectful of a duty” or being “guilty of an offense.” Is refusing boosters a criminal offense? Perhaps not today, but some day, it probably will be. All Missed Vaccinations Will Be Tracked Another tipoff that these codes are part and parcel of the biosecurity control grid is the fact that code Z28.39 — “Other underimmunization status”13 — is to be used “when a patient is not current on other, non-COVID vaccines.” As detailed on the American Academy of Family Physicians website:14 n other words, they have already begun tracking ALL of your vaccinations, not just the COVID shot, and they can use the Z28.3 sub-codes to identify why you refused a given vaccine. Vaccine Passports Are a Fait Accompli — Unless We Act Now As noted by Malone:16 You Can Now Be Billed for Immunization Safety Counseling As if all of that weren’t tyrannical enough, they’ve also added a billable ICD-10 code for “immunization safety counseling.” That’s right. If you’ve decided you’re not willing to partake in the mRNA experiment, or you just don’t think you need some other vaccine that’s recommended, your doctor can bill your insurance for regurgitating the WHO’s vaccine propaganda. They have codes identifying whether you declined the COVID jab and/or any other vaccine, and for each vaccine refusal, there’s a code detailing why you declined it. ‘Belief or group pressure’ is one of those, and you can bet that code will automatically qualify you for immunization safety counseling, whether you want it or not. This may become more or less automatic because, again, they have codes identifying whether you declined the COVID jab and/or any other vaccine, and for each vaccine refusal, there’s a code detailing why you declined it. “Belief or group pressure” is one of those, and you can bet that code, Z.28.1, will automatically qualify you for immunization safety counseling, whether you want it or not. They also intend to indoctrinate your children, and make you pay for it. The immunization safety counseling code, Z71.85, was described in the September 2021 issue of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Pediatric Coding Newsletter. You have to be a member to read the entire article, but here’s the publicly available preview:17 Unjabbed Teachers Flagged In related news, in early February 2023 it was revealed that New York City teachers who did not get the jab were “flagged” with a “problem code” in their personnel files, triggering their fingerprints to be sent to the FBI and the New York Criminal Justice Services.18 The purpose of this is unclear, but former public school teacher Michael Kane, founder of Teachers for Choice, believes “that unvaccinated NYC educators were being set up to be viewed as ‘right-wing extremists’ or even ‘terrorists.'” Kane was among those who got fired for refusing the COVID jab. The revelation that teachers’ fingerprints were illegally entered into not just one, but two, criminal databases “are certain to open up a new round of lawsuits,” Kane writes. Call to Action Knowing all of this, what can you do about it? How do we stop this madness? Here are a few suggestions: 1.Demand Congress finish what the Senate started by declaring the public health emergency over and done with. January 17, 2023, HR 382, a bill “To terminate the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-19” was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. This bill must be passed. 2.Contact your Congressional representative and let them know you: •Support the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government’s investigation. •Want Congress to reject all attempts by the administrative state, the United Nations, the WHO, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Biden Administration to require a vaccine passport or a digital ID. •Expect them to work to ensure the freedom of travel for all citizens. •Expect them to protect Constitutional rights. •Expect them to protect all rights to privacy, including and especially medical privacy, and since these new ICD-10 codes are in violation of your right to privacy, you want them to take immediate action to ensure the codes are revoked. With respect to what you can do to protect your medical privacy on a personal level, keep in mind that independent doctors are not required to use ICD codes unless they accept insurance. So, by choosing a doctor who is in private practice, you can avoid getting tagged and trapped in the system. Sources and References 1, 5, 7, 16 RW Malone Substack January 25, 2023 2 MLN Matters April 2022 3 CMS.gov ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting 4 CDC ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting September 14-15, 2021 6 MedlinePlus.gov Reportable Diseases 8 Healthcare Brew November 21, 2022 9 National File February 2, 2023 10 ICD10data Unvaccinated 11 ICD10data Partially vaccinated 12 Naked Emperor Substack January 27, 2023 13 ICD10data Underimmunization 14 AAFP New Diagnosis Codes 15 ICD-10-CM guidelines 17 AAP Pediatric Coding Newsletter September 2021; 16(12) 18 Teachers for Choice February 9, 2023

FTA: Some contract........................ But I tend to agree with you Bob. Wind down the payroll tax, eventually eliminate it. Then refund to the individual the amount they have paid in, be it 1 year or 30 years. One of the debates will be should the government also pay a modicum on interest on that amount.

https://reason.com/video/2023/02/15/3-reasons-to-abolish-security-now/ It is the smart thing to do if you really give a damn about the future of this country, and future of your children and grandchildren.

And I slightly changed the context. Happens all the time in a free flowing conversation.

R.I.P. Raquel Welch, model and One Million Years B.C. actor: https://www.avclub.com/rip-raquel-welch-model-and-one-million-years-bc-actor-1850119309 Wow. Truly an American Icon. She will be missed.

Carmel girls swimming. Don't you read?

It sure as hell doesn't hurt.

Why Does Disney Hate So Many Of Its Customers?: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-does-disney-hate-so-many-of-its-customers/