Will common sense save you after all?
Here's a situation we've all been in. When this MEME started making rounds on the social networks, we just had to laugh. What is worrisome however is that there may be people who actually think that way. Here's a quiz to find out if you can apply common sense...
Will you use common sense to solve a problem?
Test your ability to apply Common Sense to real world problems you may face some day. . . If you've ever been close to the sea shore or related water bodies, you may have seen the water rise at the full moon. If you've ever been close to a water body during a hard...
Elections are not about Jewish Space Invaders or Pedophile Pizza Parlors
It's a mystery that appears to be unsolved. So many people watching things unravel but refusing to admit they're unraveling. It's like the house is burning down, they're inside watching it burn down around them, but they're claiming there's no fire! I know a lady who...
Facebook can tell you it’s false, but that doesn’t make it false!
We've seen more and more items on Facebook, Twitter, Quora, Reddit and others getting tagged as "false" -- but what does that mean? What if it's not false, but they say it is? Your freedom to choose has been taken away from you. Are Facebook fact checkers...
Teachable Moment: here’s how to tell if Facebook is hiding something important
After considerable testing, we are discovering that Big Tech's censorship of an item is a good indication that what they're trying to hide is actually a fact that does not apply or conform to their ideology. Digging into the "Lead Stories" fact check of several...
What’s Going to happen with all that empty office space?
A big problem in the economy is when so many bushiness close, there is so much empty real estate that won't sell! Wolf Richter has written an interesting presentation on the problems caused by the Covid shut downs. I think it deserves a look . . . he writes : A big...
Pandemic Relief Bill of 2021
Vast Majority of $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill Doesn't Target Pandemic The vast majority of the COVID-19 relief bill isn't targeted for actual pandemic relief and is intended to back Democratic-controlled states, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) told The Epoch Times at the...
Teachable Moment: fact checkers evidence mostly true, mostly false
Because fact checkers say it’s true or false, doesn’t make it true or false. We recently fact checked a Facebook claim, and found that the fact checkers used only hearsay and opinions of other mouth-pieces. They rendered...
Now clickbait comes disguised as “fact checking” … people just won’t learn!
You knew Facebook has hired third party fact checkers to “distance” Zuckerberg from fact checking? Does it look like they’ve been caught churning up their revenue by false fact checking? Is fact checking the new clickbait? Sort of looks like it to us. . . The above...
There’s a racist topic here on Medium, and it’s perfect for this teachable moment . . .
Don’t you agree that it’s really a little weird to blame society for the actions of a few politicians? Do you recall contributing to anyone’s problems because of the color of their skin? I don’t either. San Francisco Mayor seems to base her evaluations of people on...