50 Common Cognitive Biases (to be aware of if you want people to believe an argument)

by SpaceyTheMinotaur This is going to be a somewhat controversial post, I understand, but some biases are extra-relevant to this sub: reactance, backfire effect, belief bias, confirmation bias, false memory, curse of knowledge, false consensus, and third-person effect. Things working AGAINST people who are telling the truth in this sub: sunk cost fallacy, authority bias, … Read more

Virginia Congress Continues Gun Control Frenzy With 9 More Bills, Ignores Massive Protest

This article was written by Daisy Luther and originally published at The Organic Prepper Despite a massive and peaceful turnout on the Lobby Day rally on January 20th, the Virginia State Congress remained totally unfazed by what the people wanted and proceeded to advance numerous unconstitutional gun laws over the following week. While everyone has been focused on … Read more

AMAZON’s Ring Doorbell Secretly Shares Private User Data With FACEBOOK

Amazon’s Ring smart doorbell surveillance product has been caught sending user data to Facebook and other companies without making Ring users aware their data was being shared. That’s according to an investigation from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). What’s even more alarming is Ring users are having their data sent to Facebook even if they themselves don’t … Read more

Police Allowed To Conduct Illegal Searches Of Vehicles At Concerts And Music Festivals

by mapi credit: Hudson Valley 360 A recent Appeals Court ruling in Tennessee reveals a disturbing window into how police use concerts, music festivals and sporting events to trample our Fourth Amendment rights. When Brian Wiley purchased tickets to the Bonnaaroo Music Festival in 2016 he never thought that police would be allowed to search his car without probable cause. … Read more

XI’S DISEASE UPDATE

Wuhan virus: Know the symptoms of this disease. Related: Germany and Japan Report First Coronavirus Cases in People Who Haven’t Visited China. UPDATE: ‘It was like a horror movie’: In one Wuhan hospital, long lines, fear and frustration over coronavirus.“One spoke of a fear that sick patients with fevers will infect each other while waiting in long … Read more

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

Gallup: U.S. Satisfaction Surpasses 40% for First Time Since 2005. Astounding numbers as US heads into 2020 election season.. Nation strongly more satisfied re: Economy, Security, Social Issues, Race Relations etc under President Trump/Pence than under President Obama/Biden. Gallup: U.S. Satisfaction Surpasses 40% for First Time Since 2005.Astounding numbers as US heads into 2020 election … Read more

If your party says it doesn’t want you, believe it.

OTHERING: Buttigieg: No Room for Compromise With Pro-Life Democratic Voters. Former South Bend mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg told a “proud pro-life Democrat” he did not think there was room for any compromise on the issue of abortion. “The Democratic platform contains language that basically says that we don’t belong,” Democratic activist Kristen Day asked Buttigieg during … Read more

Boss Bezos: AMZN ONE-DAY DISRUPTION

by WSBConsensus AMZN’s reacceleration since the launch of Prime Free One Day delivery and its record Holiday season could portend a new wave of retail disruption. Threat posed by AMZN Prime Free One Day delivery needs more attention The damage to retailers in Q4 could be an unpleasant surprise. “AMZN recently stated it had a “record Holiday season,” where the number … Read more

THE DESOLATION OF THE TRUMP-HATERS

The arrogance, the dismissiveness, the smug cackling, the accents. If Donald Trump wins re-election this year, I’ll remember this brief CNN segment late one Saturday night in January as the perfect encapsulation for why it happened. pic.twitter.com/8kQ6zN9AZV — Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) January 28, 2020 Is this smugness? It feels to me more like desolation and … Read more

The Nemesis of Stock Market Technical Analysis

By LV In recent weeks, there have been numerous technical analysts who have declared that the stock market has topped out and that we should prepare for tough sledding in the months and years ahead.  The problem is that we have been hearing dire warnings from practitioners of chart theory for more than ten years.  Over that … Read more

It will never be enough: Guess how much taxpayer money is needed to solve King County’s homeless crisis

by DCG The 2019 King County Point in Time County data showed that there were 11,199 people experiencing homelessness across the region. This included 5,971 people sheltered in emergency shelters, safe havens and transitional housing and 5,228 people on the streets, in vehicles or staying in tents or encampments. These numbers represented a 17% decrease in unsheltered people … Read more