Looks like they know from the consumer address file exactly what sort of person can be convinced by those messages complete a job application. This is more about marketing than public policy. If you've ever filled out a warranty card or use a grocery store's loyalty card program, You've got a deep data file with the marketing people. Since most Americans rent or buy homes at the very top edge of affordability, just knowing your ZIP code allows marketers to estimate with a high degree of accuracy, your income and net worth.
Ai has just made it easier and faster to do what marketing knowledge managers have done for decades – use the information about the stuff that they buy to make highly accurate. Inferences about what you believe and how you will respond to advertising messages and commercial stimuli. Framework for the entire project are the principles of behavioral economics, which in the words of one of most notable researchers, rests on the single, eternal truth that each human being is predictably irrational. When the bait is properly attractive, they will take it every time. Even if, rationally, the deal is against their best interests.
Although how much research could they have done? Going after folks who have expressed an interest in firearms is a little too on the nose to be a counterintuitive insight from data.
L&O fans, repeat offender Kathleen Chalfant has won Best Actress at the National Society Of Film Critics. Love seeing someone who flies below the radar take a top prize.
“Wartime recruitment” for a job that mostly involves ambushing people at courthouses is a hell of a branding choice. When your talent pool is UFC crowds, gun shows, and geofenced vibes, the problem isn’t optics. It’s that you’re recruiting cosplay soldiers for bureaucratic cruelty and calling it patriotism.
Got home around 5:00 today from a mostly lovely week at the cat/house-sitting gig for the retired folks I adore, and the ancient, furry, tortie who demands 2 brushings per evening when I'm there. I've created a monster with kitteh over the last 2+ years, LOL.
And of course I came home here and there to check on the Big Goat and such...
But yeah, I've gotta' cook some real fuds tomorrow night. Doesn't matter how many 'no assembly required' fuds I set him up with, he doesn't eat much when I'm gone.
I roasted a chicken yesterday, anticipating my son coming for his weekly lunch and laundry day, but he called off due to laziness. Now I'm making soup.
"What will it look like for the U.S. to run Venezuela? In an interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said: "President Trump sets the terms."
"It means we set the terms. President Trump sets the terms. And ultimately, he'll decide what the iterations are of that," Hegseth said. "But, it means the drugs stop flowing, it means the oil that was taken from us is returned, ultimately, and that criminals are not sent to the United States."
Without going into details about what the Trump administration's next steps are in Venezuela, Hegseth emphasized American interest in Venezuelan oil, the security of the Western hemisphere and stopping drug trafficking.
"What was done by Venezuela against American oil interests and oil companies is well understood and it never should have happened and President Trump is willing to recapture that," Hegseth said."
"The oil that was taken from us is returned." I wish them and theirs the worst of all possible things. Instead they thrive and live to old old age and their kids want for nothing and we the people sit and wait for someone to save us.
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told "CBS Evening News" that the United States' intervention into Venezuela and the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, is the "exact opposite" of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
"We spent decades and decades and purchased in blood, and got nothing economically in return, and President Trump flips the script," Hegseth told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil. "
""Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told "CBS Evening News" that the United States' intervention into Venezuela and the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, is the "exact opposite" of the U.S. invasion of Iraq."
Regular democracies -- which the U.S. is not precisely because it refused to get rid of Confederates like Hagueseth -- would call that the propaganda that it really is
I mean -- Bill Lee and that Speaker of the State House who doesn't live in his district aren't gonna be in it
The Franklin Nazis aren't gonna be in it
So I think we have to guess a little about who's going to run this operation and what color the faces are going to be who are collected for the database
There have been attempts to do it by non government organizations for some time, but it always gets shut down by ISPs for doxing. There also isn't a lot of support on the left for keeping registries of offenders. You'll remember that Candace Owens quit the left because her registry of some sort of offenders (can't remember what) was yanked.
Okay, tomorrow I want to wake up to a good news post from Rebecca telling us that all of the MAGAs got vacuumed up and that Kamala Harris is going to be the new president. We can stop fucking around with bullshit and start building houses, providing health care, fixing education, and feeding the hungry with our 90% tax on income over $5 million and corporatetax on revenue over $10 billion. Also, weed is legal and all cats are free to roam anywhere they want!
The cortisone shot in my Lt foot gave me a slight case of the Emperor's kankle this morning... but after loosening and warming it up on the range b4 the round... it was absolutely tranformational in my strike today... I didn't realize how much it was affecting my hip turn until it wasn't.
Looks like they know from the consumer address file exactly what sort of person can be convinced by those messages complete a job application. This is more about marketing than public policy. If you've ever filled out a warranty card or use a grocery store's loyalty card program, You've got a deep data file with the marketing people. Since most Americans rent or buy homes at the very top edge of affordability, just knowing your ZIP code allows marketers to estimate with a high degree of accuracy, your income and net worth.
Ai has just made it easier and faster to do what marketing knowledge managers have done for decades – use the information about the stuff that they buy to make highly accurate. Inferences about what you believe and how you will respond to advertising messages and commercial stimuli. Framework for the entire project are the principles of behavioral economics, which in the words of one of most notable researchers, rests on the single, eternal truth that each human being is predictably irrational. When the bait is properly attractive, they will take it every time. Even if, rationally, the deal is against their best interests.
Although how much research could they have done? Going after folks who have expressed an interest in firearms is a little too on the nose to be a counterintuitive insight from data.
L&O fans, repeat offender Kathleen Chalfant has won Best Actress at the National Society Of Film Critics. Love seeing someone who flies below the radar take a top prize.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY7qpocVWZE
“Wartime recruitment” for a job that mostly involves ambushing people at courthouses is a hell of a branding choice. When your talent pool is UFC crowds, gun shows, and geofenced vibes, the problem isn’t optics. It’s that you’re recruiting cosplay soldiers for bureaucratic cruelty and calling it patriotism.
Got home around 5:00 today from a mostly lovely week at the cat/house-sitting gig for the retired folks I adore, and the ancient, furry, tortie who demands 2 brushings per evening when I'm there. I've created a monster with kitteh over the last 2+ years, LOL.
And of course I came home here and there to check on the Big Goat and such...
But yeah, I've gotta' cook some real fuds tomorrow night. Doesn't matter how many 'no assembly required' fuds I set him up with, he doesn't eat much when I'm gone.
*sighs*
I roasted a chicken yesterday, anticipating my son coming for his weekly lunch and laundry day, but he called off due to laziness. Now I'm making soup.
"What will it look like for the U.S. to run Venezuela? In an interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said: "President Trump sets the terms."
"It means we set the terms. President Trump sets the terms. And ultimately, he'll decide what the iterations are of that," Hegseth said. "But, it means the drugs stop flowing, it means the oil that was taken from us is returned, ultimately, and that criminals are not sent to the United States."
Without going into details about what the Trump administration's next steps are in Venezuela, Hegseth emphasized American interest in Venezuelan oil, the security of the Western hemisphere and stopping drug trafficking.
"What was done by Venezuela against American oil interests and oil companies is well understood and it never should have happened and President Trump is willing to recapture that," Hegseth said."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-cbs-evening-news-president-trump-venezuela/
Hogshead said, "President Trump sets the terms". Isn't that EXACTLY what tyrants do?
"The oil that was taken from us is returned." I wish them and theirs the worst of all possible things. Instead they thrive and live to old old age and their kids want for nothing and we the people sit and wait for someone to save us.
Bullshit. All of it.
Well, not the taking of oil. Although that oil is tough to refine and basically worthless when oil is this cheap
The oil that "was taken from us"? Are you trying to make a joke?
No I’m saying that’s the only part that isn’t bullshit (I.e. lies).
They’re taking the oil
By 'they,' you mean trump & co. then, right?
Yeah, look fuck Trump. Just saying that’s the only honest part
They keep saying that about oil that was taken from us. Is that something totally made up? I’m assuming yes?
Great. So this sets a precedent for going back to Iran, right?
Fuck these pieces of shit.
It's not a regime change, it's an oil change.
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told "CBS Evening News" that the United States' intervention into Venezuela and the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, is the "exact opposite" of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
"We spent decades and decades and purchased in blood, and got nothing economically in return, and President Trump flips the script," Hegseth told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil. "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-cbs-evening-news-us-military-venezuela-iraq/
Hey Whiskey Pete, the "exact opposite" of the U.S. invasion of Iraq is Iraq invading the US.
""Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told "CBS Evening News" that the United States' intervention into Venezuela and the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, is the "exact opposite" of the U.S. invasion of Iraq."
Regular democracies -- which the U.S. is not precisely because it refused to get rid of Confederates like Hagueseth -- would call that the propaganda that it really is
The new Quisling news didn't respond or question a single word of this lying propaganda.
“We spent decades and decades and purchased in blood, and got nothing economically in return, and President Trump flips the script,"
So…that means we give nothing but steal everything of value we can carry?
"Hail to the Thief"
I've been using the word "pillaging" since that shitbag was elected, but was told it was too extreme. I'm sticking with it.
What you need to check is the white supremacy/colonialist quotient of the people who told you that.
And -- much like the less extroverted forms of narcissism -- that quotient may not be right up there on the surface.
And be greeted as liberators.
Makes me want to vomit
These people need to go to Matteawan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteawan_State_Hospital_for_the_Criminally_Insane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbUDSxJFsDA
Chico and groucho-the sanity clause
Why a duck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om45xUUVYGw
thank you!
The movie is over if you would like to join us there for OT.
https://youtu.be/1IBdZ645S-o?si=CEvEKp97yaYBS6p5
Sundown
One of Canada's finer exports.
When will Trump start deporting the brown people from Venezuela?
𝘐𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 2025, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 238 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘻𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 (𝘊𝘌𝘊𝘖𝘛), 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2025_American_deportations_of_Venezuelans
That’s at least partly wha this is about. All the folks cheering get to go back home to …nothing
Credit where credit is due department:
𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/03/tennessee-actually-just-did-something-amazing-for-women
Well shit. What is this weird feeling about my state? Not quite pride, but an astonishing absence of shame!
I'm sure it's going to get weird
I mean -- Bill Lee and that Speaker of the State House who doesn't live in his district aren't gonna be in it
The Franklin Nazis aren't gonna be in it
So I think we have to guess a little about who's going to run this operation and what color the faces are going to be who are collected for the database
/just saying
Dang, privilege will just sneak up and smack you in the back of the head when you least expect it.
Less shame?
Why the hell hasn't this already happened nationwide?
Oh yeah, Venezuela.
There have been attempts to do it by non government organizations for some time, but it always gets shut down by ISPs for doxing. There also isn't a lot of support on the left for keeping registries of offenders. You'll remember that Candace Owens quit the left because her registry of some sort of offenders (can't remember what) was yanked.
Yeah, after I read that I was wondering what took so long?
Okay, tomorrow I want to wake up to a good news post from Rebecca telling us that all of the MAGAs got vacuumed up and that Kamala Harris is going to be the new president. We can stop fucking around with bullshit and start building houses, providing health care, fixing education, and feeding the hungry with our 90% tax on income over $5 million and corporatetax on revenue over $10 billion. Also, weed is legal and all cats are free to roam anywhere they want!
𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗗𝗢𝗚𝗚𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗣
૮ • ﻌ - ა
Yₒᵤ wᵢₗₗ ₙₒw ₕaᵥₑ a gₒₒd ₛₗₑₑₚ!
What was Trix's live quote during the Biden debate?
"Oh, dear. Oh, no. We're all going to die" or something?
I read that liveblog - and knew it was the beginning of the end, right there. She did say a lot to that effect.
You may say I'm a dreamer...
Which part?
All of it, a dream I share
None of the MAGAts make the cut to be "vacuumed up"; pulled underground is much more likely.
Definitely not "sucked off" like in "Ghosts".
They’d never go with those danged DEI do-holders anyways. Just ask Flannery O’Connor…
Pried out of the carpeting with a fork.
Washed into the nearest sewer
I don't care as long as they are fucked off and dead somewhere.
Are we still cutting up here until the movie is done?
Sí
Well, some of us are still alive. I'm past draft age.
That was one though this morning.
Thank god I'm too old for the draft.
They can't draft me twice
Or can they?
This death cult may well be successful
https://youtu.be/kNq532Cyhu0?si=Vcr-Sm4XX9k_W_CU
Frankie and Johnny
Get the fuck outta here.
Sorry, I couldn't find the Gordon Lightfoot version.
I've always preferred the Pete Seeger version. I used it to sing my newborn to sleep because it was so long.
Pete Seeger did a very good version of the song, but he did so with all folk songs.
Or Terrence Trent D’Arby! Who doesn’t use that name anymore I see.
Sananda Maitreya
Thank you
I am whooped. Gonna crawl into bed after a quick hygiene regime.
Rest up! See you at the barricades!
The cortisone shot in my Lt foot gave me a slight case of the Emperor's kankle this morning... but after loosening and warming it up on the range b4 the round... it was absolutely tranformational in my strike today... I didn't realize how much it was affecting my hip turn until it wasn't.
What sport is this?
Well, I call it golf... my supportive and loyal golf buddies call what I do "hitting the ground with a stick and hoping for a miracle".
Competitive Hot Tubbing.
I had a nasty drain suction issue in the aughts and had to retire.
Anvil juggling.
Obviously, you are not a curler.
Dressage?
Lawn Darts.
Yes, count me in!
"Tug your ear if you get uncomfortable..."
Golf, from the sound of it.
I was thinking that or disc golf.
Competitive Hoola Hoop.
I love the freestyle round!
https://youtu.be/rXwMrBb2x1Q?si=58MHyjvGjwDN1S-W
Hey Joe
My favorite version was The Leaves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCZNFPaz1iw